Making up fasting for past years left off out of ignorance
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Question:
He says that he did not perform the fasting for the sick until after about twenty years, out of ignorance and recklessness. So, does he have to fast for all the past years, or what is required of him?
Answer:
If, during the years in which he did not fast, he was praying and maintaining the prayers, then it is obligatory for him to make up the Ramadans he missed and to feed one poor person for each day as expiation for the delay. But if, during that period in which he left off fasting, he was also not praying, then he is not a Muslim. He is not a Muslim.
So he has to repent to Allah and maintain the prayer and fasting in the future, and what has passed, Allah forgives it. Repentance nullifies what came before it, meaning that the one who neglects the prayer, even if he fasts, his fasting is not valid. Because the one who intentionally leaves the prayer is a disbeliever, and even if he fasts, his fasting is not valid. But if he was praying and maintaining the prayers, but only left off fasting, then he is a Muslim. A Muslim who left off fasting must repent to Allah, make up the days he left off, and feed one poor person for each day along with making them up, as expiation for the delay. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
He says that he did not perform the fasting for the sick until after about twenty years, out of ignorance and recklessness. So, does he have to fast for all the past years, or what is required of him?
Answer:
If, during the years in which he did not fast, he was praying and maintaining the prayers, then it is obligatory for him to make up the Ramadans he missed and to feed one poor person for each day as expiation for the delay. But if, during that period in which he left off fasting, he was also not praying, then he is not a Muslim. He is not a Muslim.
So he has to repent to Allah and maintain the prayer and fasting in the future, and what has passed, Allah forgives it. Repentance nullifies what came before it, meaning that the one who neglects the prayer, even if he fasts, his fasting is not valid. Because the one who intentionally leaves the prayer is a disbeliever, and even if he fasts, his fasting is not valid. But if he was praying and maintaining the prayers, but only left off fasting, then he is a Muslim. A Muslim who left off fasting must repent to Allah, make up the days he left off, and feed one poor person for each day along with making them up, as expiation for the delay. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-032-الصيام آداب و أحكام|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (56:55)
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