What is required of the one who breaks the fast of Ramadan without an excuse?
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Question:
I used to break the fast on some days in the month of Ramadan without any excuse, and I fasted for nearly the full month over three consecutive years, with a rate of fasting for [number] days each year. Praise be to Allah, I have now repented to Allah. Do I have to fast thirty days as expiation and feed a poor person for each day, or what should I do? Please advise us.
Answer:
There is no doubt that abandoning fasting in Ramadan while one is able to fast is abandoning a great obligation, and that whoever does so has abandoned a duty that Allah has made obligatory upon him, and a pillar of Islam. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:185]. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2609Sahih (Darussalam) the Sacred House of Allah [Ali 'Imran 3:97]. And regarding the days you mentioned that you did not fast, you must first repent to Allah the Exalted with a sincere repentance.
Second, you must make up the fasting for these days that you broke, because they are a debt in your liability. Third, if the making up is delayed until after the next Ramadan without an excuse, then you must feed a poor person for each day in addition to making up the fast, as expiation for the delay. And Allah the Exalted knows best.
I used to break the fast on some days in the month of Ramadan without any excuse, and I fasted for nearly the full month over three consecutive years, with a rate of fasting for [number] days each year. Praise be to Allah, I have now repented to Allah. Do I have to fast thirty days as expiation and feed a poor person for each day, or what should I do? Please advise us.
Answer:
There is no doubt that abandoning fasting in Ramadan while one is able to fast is abandoning a great obligation, and that whoever does so has abandoned a duty that Allah has made obligatory upon him, and a pillar of Islam. Allah the Exalted said:
So whoever sights [the new moon of] the month, let him fast it
فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنكُمُ الشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ(ﷺ) said: "Islam is based upon five: the testimony of La Ilaha Illallah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, the establishment of the Salat, giving the Zakat, fasting (the month of) Ramadan, and performing Hajj
صلى الله عليه وسلم بني الاسلام على خمس شهاده ان لا اله الا الله وان محمدا رسول الله واقام الصلاه وايتاء الزكاه وصوم رمضان وحجfor whoever is able to find thereto a way
مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًاSecond, you must make up the fasting for these days that you broke, because they are a debt in your liability. Third, if the making up is delayed until after the next Ramadan without an excuse, then you must feed a poor person for each day in addition to making up the fast, as expiation for the delay. And Allah the Exalted knows best.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ماذا يجب على من أفطر رمضان بلا عذر؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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