The Ruling on Making Up Missed Days of Ramadan
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Question:
A woman recently repented. For about four years, she used to leave off fasting in Ramadan and did not make up the fasts afterward out of ignorance. She says, “I do not know the number of these days, and I fast on Mondays and Thursdays voluntarily. Do these fasts suffice for making up those days?”
Answer:
If, along with leaving off fasting, she also left off prayer—she neither fasted nor prayed—then she is not a Muslim, and even if she fasts, her fasting does not suffice. However, if she was not maintaining the prayer but left off fasting, and then she repented, she must make up the fasts; it is obligatory for her to make them up. If she does not know the days, she should estimate them and do her best to estimate them, and fast. Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays does not suffice for making up the missed days. Yes.
A woman recently repented. For about four years, she used to leave off fasting in Ramadan and did not make up the fasts afterward out of ignorance. She says, “I do not know the number of these days, and I fast on Mondays and Thursdays voluntarily. Do these fasts suffice for making up those days?”
Answer:
If, along with leaving off fasting, she also left off prayer—she neither fasted nor prayed—then she is not a Muslim, and even if she fasts, her fasting does not suffice. However, if she was not maintaining the prayer but left off fasting, and then she repented, she must make up the fasts; it is obligatory for her to make them up. If she does not know the days, she should estimate them and do her best to estimate them, and fast. Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays does not suffice for making up the missed days. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما الكفارة لمن ترك صيام رمضان ولم يقضِه جهلا؟ وهل يجزئ صيام التطوع عن القضاء؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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