She has to make up the fast, but she does not know the number of those days, so what should she do?
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The questioner:
I am a seventeen-year-old girl. I used to pray and fast, but I had some sins. Praise be to Allah, I have repented from all of them. However, I have many days of fasting that I did not make up, and I do not remember them all. I do not remember them all. Should I fast the ones I do remember? Please guide us. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
She mentioned that she was praying at that time.
The questioner:
That is what she says. She says, "I used to pray and fast, but I had some sins."
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. We praise Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, for granting this questioner repentance from her sins. Praise be to Allah. We ask Him for steadfastness in the religion for us and for her. As for the fasting she left behind in a past period, it is obligatory for her to make it up, even if a long time has passed, because it is a debt in her trust. It is obligatory for her to make it up, and to feed one poor person for each day as expiation for the delay. If she remembers the number, she fasts the number of days she broke and feeds one poor person for each day for the delay. If she does not remember the number, she should do her best to estimate it, and fast what she arrives at.
The presenter:
All right.
The Shaykh:
And feed one poor person for each day. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
I am a seventeen-year-old girl. I used to pray and fast, but I had some sins. Praise be to Allah, I have repented from all of them. However, I have many days of fasting that I did not make up, and I do not remember them all. I do not remember them all. Should I fast the ones I do remember? Please guide us. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
She mentioned that she was praying at that time.
The questioner:
That is what she says. She says, "I used to pray and fast, but I had some sins."
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. We praise Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, for granting this questioner repentance from her sins. Praise be to Allah. We ask Him for steadfastness in the religion for us and for her. As for the fasting she left behind in a past period, it is obligatory for her to make it up, even if a long time has passed, because it is a debt in her trust. It is obligatory for her to make it up, and to feed one poor person for each day as expiation for the delay. If she remembers the number, she fasts the number of days she broke and feeds one poor person for each day for the delay. If she does not remember the number, she should do her best to estimate it, and fast what she arrives at.
The presenter:
All right.
The Shaykh:
And feed one poor person for each day. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، عليها صيام، ولا تعرف عدد تلك الأيام، فكيف تفعل؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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