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Is one who ate or drank forgetfully while fasting a supererogatory fast, based on an erroneous fatwa, considered to have broken his fast, or should he complete his fast?

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The majority opinion is that whoever breaks their fast due to forgetfulness, whether during an obligatory or a supererogatory fast, should complete their fast, and there is no make-up required of them. There is another view which holds that such a person has broken their fast, and their argument is that abstaining from things that break the fast is a pillar of fasting, just like the pillars of prayer. If a fasting person seeks a fatwa from someone whose knowledge they trust and acts upon that fatwa, they are excused. One who intentionally breaks a supererogatory fast does not incur sin, because a person observing a voluntary fast is their own master.

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