The Case of One Who Knowingly Eats or Is Involved in Carnal Relation During the Month of Ramadan

1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Hassan fbn Mahbub from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “This is about a man who knowingly eats without good reason in the month of Ramadan one day. Abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said, ‘He for one day (of destroying his fast) is required to either set free a slave, fast for two consecutive months, or feed sixty destitute people. If he cannot do any of the above, he must give charity of whatever amount he is able to do.’”