Chapter on Ruling of One Who Intentionally Breaks the Fast of a Day from the Month of Ramadan and What Punishment Is Obligatory upon Him for Breaking the Fast

Muhammad ibn Yaqub, from a number of our companions, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Ibn Mahbub, from Hisham ibn Salim, from Burayd al-Ijli, who said: Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, peace be upon him, was asked about ‘a man against whom witnesses testified that he broke his fast for three days from the month of Ramadan.’ Imam عليه السلام said: “This man is asked, ‘Is there any sin upon you for your breaking the fast in the month of Ramadan?’ If he says, ‘No,’ then upon the Imam is that he kill him. And if he says, ‘Yes,’ then upon the Imam is that he severely beat him.”