Breaking the fast in Ramadan for an excuse and feeding a poor person for each day, then being able to make up the fast: what is required of him?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you and make your knowledge beneficial to the listeners. 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Ali from al-Mishash asks about tattooing. He says: I fasted, but I was unable to fast the past Ramadan due to my illness, so I gave charity for each day. Now, by the praise of Allah, I am able to fast. What is the ruling on my past action? And what is required of me? Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
It was obligatory for you to wait until the excuse was removed from you and to make up the days that were required of you without feeding anyone. Feeding is only for the one who is unable to make up the fast. As for the one who is able to make up the fast, even if it is delayed, making up the fast is sufficient for him, and it is obligatory for him to make it up, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Whoever is ill or on a journey..."[Al-Baqarah 2:185] ... "then a fast for other days." Even if you had fed people at first, your feeding was not in its proper place. As long as you are able to make up the fast, that is what is obligatory for you.
The questioner:
He did not know that he would be able to.
The Shaykh:
The important thing is that it becomes clear to him that he will be able to make up the fast. His obligation is not discharged except by making up the fast, as long as he is able to do so. And what he spent, Allah will reward him for it. Allah does not let anything be lost with Him, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
May Allah reward you and make your knowledge beneficial to the listeners. 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Ali from al-Mishash asks about tattooing. He says: I fasted, but I was unable to fast the past Ramadan due to my illness, so I gave charity for each day. Now, by the praise of Allah, I am able to fast. What is the ruling on my past action? And what is required of me? Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
It was obligatory for you to wait until the excuse was removed from you and to make up the days that were required of you without feeding anyone. Feeding is only for the one who is unable to make up the fast. As for the one who is able to make up the fast, even if it is delayed, making up the fast is sufficient for him, and it is obligatory for him to make it up, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Whoever is ill or on a journey..."
or on a journey - then an equal number of other days. Allah intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship and [wants] for you to complete the period
أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ بِكُمُ الْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ الْعُسْرَ وَلِتُكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَThe questioner:
He did not know that he would be able to.
The Shaykh:
The important thing is that it becomes clear to him that he will be able to make up the fast. His obligation is not discharged except by making up the fast, as long as he is able to do so. And what he spent, Allah will reward him for it. Allah does not let anything be lost with Him, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5126- أفطر في رمضان لعذر وأطعم عن كل يوم مسكينا، ثم استطاع القضاء، ماذا عليه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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