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Is it permissible to make up fasts from Ramadan in Sha'ban for one who has reached the following Ramadan?

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The questioner : The questioner says: A woman had her menstruation, and she made up some of the days she owed, but Ramadan caught up with her, and she did not make them up, because they told her that it is not permissible to make up fasts in the month before Ramadan, that is, in the month of Sha'ban.

The Shaykh : We say.

The questioner : The arrival of Ramadan.

The Shaykh : The month of Sha'ban is fine. For example, if a person made up fasts from Ramadan in the year 1401, there is no harm in making them up in Sha'ban. Because it was narrated in the two Sahihs from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said:
I had to complete some of the fasts of Ramadan, but I could not do it but during the month of Sha'banكان يكون علي الصوم من رمضان فما استطيع ان اقضيه الا في شعبان
Sahih Muslim 1146a
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There is no harm if a person makes up fasts in Sha'ban, but since she was excused for it, when Ramadan ends this year, she should make up the days she owes from last year, and nothing is required of her except making up these days, because Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) only made making up obligatory. So whoever was ill or traveling, [he fasts] a number of other days, as in al-Bukhari. And she is also excused because of this fatwa that was given to her, which is a wrong fatwa and not correct.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 10 - 13 - دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام للعام 1402 هـ - الدرس العاشر - الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين — youtube.com (1:17:34)

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