A woman who used to fast the month of Ramadan, even during her menstrual periods, out of ignorance, then learned the ruling and fasted the entire month of Muharram as expiation and make-up for that
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The questioner : Her first question states that she began fasting Ramadan five years ago. Out of her desire not to break the fast and her hope for the virtue of fasting in Ramadan, she never broke her fast, even when her menstrual period came, out of her ignorance of the obligation to break the fast and make it up. However, after she learned that she was violating an obligation by doing so, she regretted it. When the month of Muharram arrived, she resolved to fast it, and she actually fasted the whole of it as expiation and make-up for that. Is this sufficient, or is she required to do something else?
The Shaykh : Her fasting of the month of Muharram is an expiation for what she did of fasting during menstruation and not making it up. If she intends for it to be an expiation for the sin she committed, it does not suffice for the make-up.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : She must make up the days she broke her fast, or, according to the stronger view, the days she fasted during her menstrual periods, because what she fasted during her menstrual periods is not valid. However, if she fasted the month of Muharram as make-up for the days she fasted during her menstruation, believing that it was a defective fast that she was obligated to make up, then that is valid, and these days she made up count for the days she fasted during her menstruation, provided they are equal in number. If the days she fasted are fewer than the number of days she fasted during her menstruation, she must complete the remainder.
The Shaykh : Her fasting of the month of Muharram is an expiation for what she did of fasting during menstruation and not making it up. If she intends for it to be an expiation for the sin she committed, it does not suffice for the make-up.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : She must make up the days she broke her fast, or, according to the stronger view, the days she fasted during her menstrual periods, because what she fasted during her menstrual periods is not valid. However, if she fasted the month of Muharram as make-up for the days she fasted during her menstruation, believing that it was a defective fast that she was obligated to make up, then that is valid, and these days she made up count for the days she fasted during her menstruation, provided they are equal in number. If the days she fasted are fewer than the number of days she fasted during her menstruation, she must complete the remainder.