Fasting
Ruling on One Who Intended to Break a Fast but Did Not
Shaykh Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baz
Local English rendering of the selected Arabic question and answer. The Arabic source remains authoritative; this is not an official published English edition.
Question
A person was fasting, intended to accept an invitation and break his fast, but then did not do so. Does his fast remain valid?
Answer (English translation)
He remains fasting until he actually breaks the fast.