What is the ruling on the fast of a traveling man who intended to break his fast but then changed his mind and completed his fast until sunset?
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If one, while fasting, definitively intended to break their fast, not merely wavering, but then found nothing with which to break it, and subsequently recanted their intention, they have indeed broken their fast and must make up that day. This is the view of the Maliki and Hanbali schools. However, if they merely hesitated about breaking the fast, for example, conditioning it on finding something but then not finding it, their fast remains valid because they did not definitively sever their intention. The intention to break the fast is considered an invalidator, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Indeed, actions are by intentions."
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