With the advent of the blessed month of fasting, certain laws and regulations pertaining to the holy month emerge. One of these laws is the law of openly breaking the fast, as a number of Arab countries, and all Gulf countries, impose penalties on people who openly break their fast during the hours of fasting in the month of Ramadan.
** And Al-Sharq website monitors for you the penalties imposed by the Gulf states on those who openly break the fast during the day in Ramadan, according to Al-Khaleej Online.
** Qatar The State of Qatar imposes a penalty of imprisonment for a public person who breaks his fast for a period not exceeding 3 months, and a fine not exceeding 3,000 riyals ($800), or one of them.
** Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia punishes those who openly break the fast with imprisonment, leaving the determination of the period to the judge.
** Kuwait As for the State of Kuwait, it approves a fine of up to 330 dollars, and imprisonment for a period not exceeding one month, or one of them, in addition to closing public shops used for breakfast for a period not exceeding two months.
** Sultanate of Oman In the Sultanate of Oman, breaking the fast during the month of Ramadan is punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 3 months, and a fine not exceeding 13 dollars.
** UAE In the Emirates, microscopes are sentenced to a maximum of one month in prison, and a fine not exceeding approximately $540, in addition to closing the public shop that is used for this purpose for a period not exceeding one month.
** Bahrain In Bahrain, whoever breaks his fast during fasting hours is punished with imprisonment for a period that may exceed 3 months, according to what the judge deems appropriate.
It is noteworthy that the State of Qatar had approved the penalty of openly breaking the fast in accordance with Article 267 of Law No. 11 of 2004, which criminalizes eating during the day in Ramadan, with the stipulated penalty, without the Qatari law distinguishing between Muslims and non-Muslims.
