Making up delayed fasting due to exams, and whether there is an expiation for it
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The questioner:
The sister Umm Abdullah says: Shaykh Salih, my sister did not fast for fifteen days last year because of the exams, and she wants to fast now. Does she have to pay an expiation for the delay?
The Shaykh:
First of all, how is it that she did not fast because of the exams? Everyone fasts while taking exams; the exam does not prevent fasting. So this is a mistake. She should fast and take the exam like everyone else. But she made a mistake, so she has to make up the fasts, and she should hasten to make them up. She should hasten to make them up before the new Ramadan arrives. Yes.
The questioner:
And does she have to pay an expiation?
The Shaykh:
If she fasts before the new Ramadan, she owes nothing. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you.
The sister Umm Abdullah says: Shaykh Salih, my sister did not fast for fifteen days last year because of the exams, and she wants to fast now. Does she have to pay an expiation for the delay?
The Shaykh:
First of all, how is it that she did not fast because of the exams? Everyone fasts while taking exams; the exam does not prevent fasting. So this is a mistake. She should fast and take the exam like everyone else. But she made a mistake, so she has to make up the fasts, and she should hasten to make them up. She should hasten to make them up before the new Ramadan arrives. Yes.
The questioner:
And does she have to pay an expiation?
The Shaykh:
If she fasts before the new Ramadan, she owes nothing. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (188) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-07-28] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (21:32)
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