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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Making Up Days of Ramadan for an Elderly Woman

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The questioner:
Salih, may Allah preserve you and bless you. A listener with a question says: A woman is now sixty years old. More than thirty years ago, she fasted some days of Ramadan for the sake of pregnancy and breastfeeding, and she does not remember whether she made them up or not. The reason for breaking the fast was her inability to fast, not fear for the fetus. What is required of her now, given that she generally cannot make them up now due to her age? Is feeding sufficient? And what is required of her now? May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh:
If she is unable to make them up now, she feeds. Feeding is sufficient in the case of inability to make them up. Yes.

The questioner:
And if she is unsure whether she made them up or did not make them up, should she make them up?

The Shaykh:
The default is that she did not make them up, so she makes them up. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence the Shaykh
Source قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7487 — youtube.com (11:15)

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