Ordinary sleep differs from the “ighmāʾ” discussed here. Sleeping through much of a day is not automatically equivalent to the loss-of-consciousness scenario.
A person who sleeps after a valid intention, someone unconscious through several days without renewed intention, and a person affected by insanity raise different legal questions.
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Kitab al-Sawm: Unconsciousness, Recovery, Menstruation and Abstention
Ordinary sleep differs from the “ighmāʾ” discussed here. Sleeping through much of a day is not automatically equivalent to the loss-of-consciousness scenario.
A person who sleeps after a valid intention, someone unconscious through several days without renewed intention, and a person affected by insanity raise different legal questions.