The term \u2018mokel\u2019 has once again become a trending topic on Google\nsearch since Thursday morning, 19 February 2026. The term is already\nfamiliar to Indonesians, particularly as the month of Ramadan\napproaches.<\/p>\n
So what exactly is mokel? The word is commonly used to describe\nsomeone who breaks their fast before the time for breaking fast arrives\n\u2014 whether by eating, drinking, or engaging in other acts that invalidate\nthe fast.<\/p>\n
Linguistically, the word \u2018mokel\u2019 originates from Javanese. In its\noriginal context, the term refers to the act of eating or drinking\noutside of the proper time, or doing so secretly.<\/p>\n
The Islamic Ruling on Mokel<\/strong><\/p>\n Regarding the deliberate breaking of the fast, or mokel, the\nprominent Islamic scholar Buya Yahya has spoken out. He explained that\nsuch an act cannot be justified and constitutes a grave sin.<\/p>\n \u201cSuch behaviour cannot be justified. Missing even one day of fasting\nduring Ramadan is a grave sin,\u201d said Buya Yahya, as quoted from his\nYouTube channel on Thursday, 19 February 2026.<\/p>\n Buya Yahya further explained that there are only nine categories of\npeople who are permitted not to fast during Ramadan: children who have\nnot yet reached puberty, those who have lost their mental faculties, the\nill, the elderly, travellers, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers,\nmenstruating women, and women in the post-natal bleeding period\n(nifas).<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we must understand is that none of us should abandon fasting\nduring Ramadan without a valid reason. As for valid reasons, there are\nnine \u2014 if you are ill, a child, mentally incapacitated, pregnant,\nbreastfeeding, and so on, then you are permitted not to fast,\u201d he\nsaid.<\/p>\n For those who have committed mokel during Ramadan, Buya Yahya advises\nseeking forgiveness from Allah SWT. Thereafter, one must continue\nobserving the Ramadan fast and make up the missed fasting days outside\nof Ramadan.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, if one abandons the fast without a valid reason, it is a\ngrave sin. The recourse is to repent, and if one repents, Allah will\nforgive. As for subsequent fasting, it will be accepted,\u201d Buya Yahya\nexplained.<\/p>",
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