I was in my adolescence and I broke my fast in Ramadan with and without an excuse, and I did not count them. I have repented to Allah, so what is required of me in this situation?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. This listener says: When I was in my adolescence, I used to fast and break my fast in Ramadan with and without an excuse. I did not make up those days that I broke, and I do not know how many they were. Now, praise be to Allah, my Lord has guided me, and I have become one who prays and fasts, and I do not break a single day even if I am ill. I fast for Allah the Exalted. Give us a ruling on what is required of me regarding those days I broke out of ignorance while I was in my adolescence? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Praise be to Allah who has guided you to repentance. I ask Allah to keep us and you firm upon Islam. As for the fasting you left off during your adolescence, there is a distinction here. If that was after reaching puberty, then it is obligatory for you to make up the days you did not fast from Ramadan, and to expiate for the delay by feeding one poor person for each day, in addition to making up the fasts. However, if you left off fasting before reaching puberty, then there is no blame on you for that, because fasting is only obligatory for an adolescent when they reach one of the signs of puberty. These include menstruation if she menstruates, and the known signs of puberty, such as the growth of hair around the private parts, and reaching the age of fifteen years. All of these are signs of puberty. So when the signs of puberty appear on a boy or a girl, then at that time the religious obligations become obligatory upon them, including fasting. So whoever breaks the fast for a day or days in Ramadan after reaching puberty, it is obligatory for him to make them up. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. This listener says: When I was in my adolescence, I used to fast and break my fast in Ramadan with and without an excuse. I did not make up those days that I broke, and I do not know how many they were. Now, praise be to Allah, my Lord has guided me, and I have become one who prays and fasts, and I do not break a single day even if I am ill. I fast for Allah the Exalted. Give us a ruling on what is required of me regarding those days I broke out of ignorance while I was in my adolescence? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Praise be to Allah who has guided you to repentance. I ask Allah to keep us and you firm upon Islam. As for the fasting you left off during your adolescence, there is a distinction here. If that was after reaching puberty, then it is obligatory for you to make up the days you did not fast from Ramadan, and to expiate for the delay by feeding one poor person for each day, in addition to making up the fasts. However, if you left off fasting before reaching puberty, then there is no blame on you for that, because fasting is only obligatory for an adolescent when they reach one of the signs of puberty. These include menstruation if she menstruates, and the known signs of puberty, such as the growth of hair around the private parts, and reaching the age of fifteen years. All of these are signs of puberty. So when the signs of puberty appear on a boy or a girl, then at that time the religious obligations become obligatory upon them, including fasting. So whoever breaks the fast for a day or days in Ramadan after reaching puberty, it is obligatory for him to make them up. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كنت في سن المراهقة أفطر في رمضان بعذر وبدون عذر ولم أحصيها، وقد تبت إلى الله، فماذا علي والحال هذه؟ — youtube.com
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