Making up the postponed days of Ramadan until another Ramadan has entered
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Question:
Another asks: A man has three days of Ramadan that he did not fast. He has now reached the second Ramadan and has not fasted these three days. He now wants to fast them. What is required of him?
Answer:
If he postponed the fasting due to an excuse such as illness, he is excused; he owes nothing. He fasts the three days and nothing is required of him. However, if he postponed them out of negligence, he must repent to Allah and feel remorse for it. In addition to this, he must fast the three days, whether he fasts them consecutively or separately. He must also feed one poor person for each day. This is a correct opinion among the scholars, as a group of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) issued a fatwa to this effect. He feeds a poor person half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) for each day, from dates or from the staple food of the country. He gathers it and gives it to some of the poor, along with fasting the three days he postponed. Likewise, if there were more days, he fasts them and feeds one poor person half a sa' of the staple food of the country, from dates, rice, or wheat, which is approximately one and a half kilograms. Yes.
Another asks: A man has three days of Ramadan that he did not fast. He has now reached the second Ramadan and has not fasted these three days. He now wants to fast them. What is required of him?
Answer:
If he postponed the fasting due to an excuse such as illness, he is excused; he owes nothing. He fasts the three days and nothing is required of him. However, if he postponed them out of negligence, he must repent to Allah and feel remorse for it. In addition to this, he must fast the three days, whether he fasts them consecutively or separately. He must also feed one poor person for each day. This is a correct opinion among the scholars, as a group of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) issued a fatwa to this effect. He feeds a poor person half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) for each day, from dates or from the staple food of the country. He gathers it and gives it to some of the poor, along with fasting the three days he postponed. Likewise, if there were more days, he fasts them and feeds one poor person half a sa' of the staple food of the country, from dates, rice, or wheat, which is approximately one and a half kilograms. Yes.
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 40 — archive.org (1:22:32)
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