Is it permissible to cover a distance before traveling to allow for breaking the fast due to the hardship of going to the airport, which is more than 134 kilometers away, for a journey that begins at 5:00 PM in Ramadan?
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It is not permissible to resort to trickery by traveling in order to justify breaking the fast. So, whoever travels deceptively to break their fast is not permitted to do so, and fasting remains obligatory upon them. As for one who initiates a journey during the daytime in , the correct view is that it is permissible for them to break their fast after they have passed beyond the houses of their town's inhabited area.
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