Eating or drinking by mistake during an oath-expiation fast

A question about eating or drinking by mistake during an oath-expiation fast, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that someone who eats or drinks by mistake does not break the fast and continues it, whatever kind of fast it is. ¹

The questioner asked about someone who ate or drank forgetfully while fasting as an oath expiation. ¹

The Department answered that whoever eats or drinks forgetfully has only been fed and given drink by God, so his fast is not broken and he continues fasting. ¹ It said this applies generally, whether the fast is obligatory, a make-up, an expiation or voluntary. ¹

Jordan's General Iftaa Department published this fatwa on aliftaa.jo as no. 4345, dated 16 March 2026. ¹ The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.