I fasted in Ramadan due to my monthly excuse, but I did not make up those days out of ignorance. What should I do regarding the days whose number I do not know?
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The questioner:
I am a girl who fasted in Ramadan due to my monthly excuse, but I did not make up those days because I was ignorant that it is obligatory to make them up. When I learned this, I began making them up. What should I do about the past days whose number I do not know? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
You must estimate the number of days you fasted that you do not know, and you should be cautious in your estimation, and make them up. Along with making them up, it is obligatory to feed one poor person for each day, giving charity of half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), which is equivalent to one and a half kilograms, for each day to the poor, for delaying the making up of the fasts until this period. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you. Since she was ignorant of this ruling, Shaykh Salih, do you have any comment on this?
The Shaykh:
Ignorance does not drop the obligation; rather, it drops the sin.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
So the fast remains in her liability, and she must make it up. Yes.
I am a girl who fasted in Ramadan due to my monthly excuse, but I did not make up those days because I was ignorant that it is obligatory to make them up. When I learned this, I began making them up. What should I do about the past days whose number I do not know? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
You must estimate the number of days you fasted that you do not know, and you should be cautious in your estimation, and make them up. Along with making them up, it is obligatory to feed one poor person for each day, giving charity of half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), which is equivalent to one and a half kilograms, for each day to the poor, for delaying the making up of the fasts until this period. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may Allah reward you. Since she was ignorant of this ruling, Shaykh Salih, do you have any comment on this?
The Shaykh:
Ignorance does not drop the obligation; rather, it drops the sin.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
So the fast remains in her liability, and she must make it up. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أفطرت في رمضان بسبب العذر الشهري ولم أقض تلك الأيام جهلا مني ماذا أفعل في الأيام التي لا أعرف عددها؟ — youtube.com
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