If one repents to Allah and has fasts from Ramadan that he must make up, but does not know their number, is repentance sufficient, or is it obligatory to make them up?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: If a servant wants to repent to Allah, and he has fasts from Ramadan that he must make up, but he is unable to count these days, what is obligatory for him? Is it sufficient for him to repent and not fast?
Answer:
No, he estimates the number of days based on what he believes is most likely, and he fasts them to make them up. This is easy. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: If a servant wants to repent to Allah, and he has fasts from Ramadan that he must make up, but he is unable to count these days, what is obligatory for him? Is it sufficient for him to repent and not fast?
Answer:
No, he estimates the number of days based on what he believes is most likely, and he fasts them to make them up. This is easy. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1767 -3022] من تاب إلى الله وكان عليه صيام من رمضان، لا يدرى عددها، فهل تكفي التوبة أم يجب القضاء؟ — youtube.com
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