I broke my fast in Ramadan for five years and did not make up a single day due to ignorance or negligence. Should I fast, or should I pay expiation for these days?
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Question:
She says: I broke my fast in Ramadan for five years and did not make up a single day due to ignorance or negligence. What should I do now? Should I fast or pay expiation for these days? And she adds, meaning only the days of breaking the fast.
Answer:
Yes, you must do both: fast to make up the days of Ramadan you left, because they remain a debt in your account, owed to Allah the Exalted. The second thing is to feed a poor person for each day, the amount of half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of the food eaten in the country, that is, one and a half kilograms for each day, as expiation for delaying the making up of the fast until this time. Yes.
She says: I broke my fast in Ramadan for five years and did not make up a single day due to ignorance or negligence. What should I do now? Should I fast or pay expiation for these days? And she adds, meaning only the days of breaking the fast.
Answer:
Yes, you must do both: fast to make up the days of Ramadan you left, because they remain a debt in your account, owed to Allah the Exalted. The second thing is to feed a poor person for each day, the amount of half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of the food eaten in the country, that is, one and a half kilograms for each day, as expiation for delaying the making up of the fast until this time. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أفطرت في رمضان لمدة خمسة أعوام، ولم أقض يوما واحدا لجهلي أو تهاوني، فهل أصوم، أم أكفر هذه الأيام؟ — youtube.com
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