"The Fatawaa of  The Standing Committee for Islamic Research and ifta (Fataawa al-Lajnat -ud-daaimah lil-buhuth al-Ilmiah wal-iftaa)", Volume 10: Zakaat and Siyam, Gathered and organized by Sheikh Ahmad bin abdur-Razaaq ad-Duwaish, Dar al- 'Aasimah, 1413h."

Question # 3 from fatwa # 2266

Q) The fasting of Ramadhan came in Sudan and we fasted on Saturday, and I travelled to one of the bordering countries on Sunday and found its people fasting Sunday. The people of Sudan  broke their fast on the 29th day, and the other country which I was in did not break their fast on the 29th day. What is the ruling in that, knowing that I completed 29 days and 30 days with the bordering country and the month was 29 days?

A) Your ruling for the ending of the month is the same as the ruling for the country you travelled to, so it is not permissable for you to break your fast, but what is obligatory upon you is that you complete the fast with them because of your inclusion in the general statement intended for them. But if the one who moved to another country in the last of the month did not fast except for 28 days, then it is incumbent upon him to make up another day after 'Eid until he completes by it 29 days, because a month is not less than 29 days as it does not exceed 30.

And from Allah is tawfeeq, and may the Peace and Blessings of Allah be on His messenger, his family, and his companions.
 

Question #  2 Fatwa # 3594

Q) A person saw the hilaal (crescent) of Ramadhan in his country and started the fast. Then he travelled to another country and when the 28th [fast] came upon him, the people of that country saw the hilaal of Shawwaal. So does he pray 'Eid with them with the fact that the period of his fast lasted 28 days?

A) What counts in the start of the fast of Ramadhaan is the sighting of the hilaal the day he was in his country, and also the same situation is the breaking of the fast, what counts is the sighting of the hilaal of Shawwaal in the country he travelled to. And on that, it is obligatory to break his fast and pray 'Eid with those in the country which was seen in it the hilaal of Shawwaal, and he is amongst them, and he is to make up the shortage from the days of fasting until what he fasts is 29 days, because the month is sometimes 29 days, and sometimes 30.

And from Allah is tawfeeq, and may the Peace and Blessings of Allah be on His messenger, his family, and his companions.
 

Question # 2 Fatwa# 1693

Q) If the fasting person was on a plane and found out by means of a watch or telephone about the breaking of fast of the nearest country from him, then is the breaking of fast pertain to him, knowing that he sees the sun due the due to the altitude of the plane, or no?  After that, what is the ruling if he broke the fast in a country then he took
off and saw the sun?

A) If the fasting person was on the plane and he found out by watch or telephone about the bbreaking of fast of the nearest country from him and he sees the sun  because of the altitude of the plane, then it is not for him that he breaks his fast, because Allah, Ta'aala said, "Then complete the fast until the night."[Baqarah:187] And this intent is not realized, pertaining to him, as long as he sees the sun.  And if he breaks fast in a country after the ending of the day [where he is] then the plane took off then he saw the sun, then he continues to be muftir (not fasting) because his ruling is the ruling of the country he took of from, and the day had ended and he was in it.

And from Allah is tawfeeq, and may the Peace and Blessings of Allah be on His messenger, his family, and his companions.

Fatwa # 5468

Q) What is the time of breaking fast in Ramadhan in a plane?

A) If the person was ont he plane during the day in Ramadhan and he was fasting, and he wanted to continue his fast until the night, then it is not permissable for him to break fast until after the setting of the sun pertaining to the flyer [the sun must set where the person is, not depending on any other place].

And from Allah is tawfeeq, and may the Peace and Blessings of Allah be on His messenger, his family, and his companions.

The Standing Committee for Islamic Research and Ifta:

Member:               Abdullah bin Qu'ud
Member:               Abdullah bin Ghudayaan
Vice President:      AbdurRazaaq Afifi
President:              Abdul-Aziz bin baz