Making Up Fasting and Fasting a Vow
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Fatwa No. ( 17190 )
Q: Your correspondent (E. N. T.) is a patient, may Allah protect you from the heart condition and difficulty in walking, and he has traveled from several years to America . After the operation, he began to recover, and his sister (F) was in good health. Out of compassion, his sister (F) said: If my brother (E) continues to improve and the coming year arrives and he is still improving, I vow to fast for 28 days. Before the year arrived, she was struck by an illness that confined her to bed, and she was unable to fast for four or five years, although we tried to treat her here in Madinah, Riyadh, Jeddah, and America , and to this day the effects remain with her,
which has caused a large amount of fasting to accumulate on her. First: the vow to fast for 28 days. Second: 16 days due to menstruation. Third: 3 months of Ramadan, meaning 3 years she was unable to fast. However, we temporarily fed a poor person for each day of Ramadan, hoping she would recover and fast later. It appears that did not happen; for by the will of Allah, Ramadan is approaching, if Allah grants her life. Therefore, we hope you will inform us of your opinion on the matters we have outlined for you below; because she considered hiring a woman she trusts in her religion to fast on her behalf. She is: 1 - A vow to fast (28) days which she was unable to fulfill. 2 - (16) days due to menstruation. 3 - (3) months of Ramadan from the past years, and this coming year if Allah grants her life. Therefore, we ask you to kindly provide this in writing. May Allah reward you with good and do you well.
A: Your sister owes no making up of fasts as long as she is unable due to illness. If Allah heals her, she must make up the fasts and fast the vow; for Allah the Exalted and Sublime said:[Al-Baqarah 2:185]
We ask Allah for health for us and for you. She is not permitted to hire anyone to fast on her behalf, and if she did, it would not be valid. Rather, the fasting remains a debt in her obligation until Allah heals her. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his companions.
Q: Your correspondent (E. N. T.) is a patient, may Allah protect you from the heart condition and difficulty in walking, and he has traveled from several years to America . After the operation, he began to recover, and his sister (F) was in good health. Out of compassion, his sister (F) said: If my brother (E) continues to improve and the coming year arrives and he is still improving, I vow to fast for 28 days. Before the year arrived, she was struck by an illness that confined her to bed, and she was unable to fast for four or five years, although we tried to treat her here in Madinah, Riyadh, Jeddah, and America , and to this day the effects remain with her,
which has caused a large amount of fasting to accumulate on her. First: the vow to fast for 28 days. Second: 16 days due to menstruation. Third: 3 months of Ramadan, meaning 3 years she was unable to fast. However, we temporarily fed a poor person for each day of Ramadan, hoping she would recover and fast later. It appears that did not happen; for by the will of Allah, Ramadan is approaching, if Allah grants her life. Therefore, we hope you will inform us of your opinion on the matters we have outlined for you below; because she considered hiring a woman she trusts in her religion to fast on her behalf. She is: 1 - A vow to fast (28) days which she was unable to fulfill. 2 - (16) days due to menstruation. 3 - (3) months of Ramadan from the past years, and this coming year if Allah grants her life. Therefore, we ask you to kindly provide this in writing. May Allah reward you with good and do you well.
A: Your sister owes no making up of fasts as long as she is unable due to illness. If Allah heals her, she must make up the fasts and fast the vow; for Allah the Exalted and Sublime said:
and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other days. Allah intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship
وَمَنْ كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ بِكُمُ الْيُسْرَ وَلاَ يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ الْعُسْرَWe ask Allah for health for us and for you. She is not permitted to hire anyone to fast on her behalf, and if she did, it would not be valid. Rather, the fasting remains a debt in her obligation until Allah heals her. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his companions.
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