Allowance for breaking fasting
This afternoon when I was passing by the parking I found a group of workers (sri lanka? nepali?) sitted in floor breaking fasting. They look like construction hard workers (those who work from dawn to sunset for 200 USD).
And this morning I noticed that one of my engineers (muslim) in a very hard place (they were working hard in a closed place maybe at 45C for more than 1 hour) finally took the bottle of water, apologize for it and broke his fasting... and nobody told him anything.
I dont want to start this thread just for you judge them, please. I understand this is something between them and Allah (or whoever they think they will find at the end of their days).
I just want to know. Are there exceptions for breaking the fasting? I understand that for instance "critical services": police, security, military... 24 hours shifts in services like controlling energy supply, water supply, telecoms... I dont know. They cannot be low in sugar. For the sake of all, they cannot fail.
So, I understand that they dismissed of fasting, isnt it?
It works like this?
They probably must have read THIS thread!
http://www.qatarliving.com/node/669073
No offense Gypsy ;)
Problem is you cannot fast until you are half dead. Meaning that there is a certian limit where you body cannot tolerate due to work environment. At best that I have observed is deffering a non critical activities or slow down during this period for the betterment of those who fast.
You can read it here.
http://www.islamqa.com/en/ref/23296
~*Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret*~
if they must break their fast for health reasons (and sounds like these are serious issues for those men), then they will make it up after Ramadan. As I stated before, Islam is very flexible and Ramadan is not meant to kill us. :-)
I didn't drink the kool-aid! -- PM