Is it permissible for someone who is observing a compensatory fast (qada') to change his intention to a supererogatory (nafl) fast so that he can break it due to urgent circumstances, knowing that breaking an obligatory fast is forbidden?
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The Shari'ah prohibits stratagems and has warned those who commit them. Therefore, whoever begins an obligatory act of worship, such as fasting, is not permitted to break it except for a legitimate excuse, such as illness, based on the Almighty's saying: "And do not invalidate your deeds." If there is a legitimate excuse, one should break the fast, and there is no need to turn it into a supererogatory act with the intention of invalidating it.
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