The Ruling on Making Up the Fasting of the Past Ramadan
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Question:
And may Allah bless you. Abu Basil from Jeddah says: In years past, I did not fast Ramadan for several months because I was immersed in sins and violations. Now, praise be to Allah, I have been guided and have started fasting. I ask you to give me the ruling on how to make up for those years?
Answer:
If you were maintaining the prayer during the period you abandoned fasting, then it is obligatory for you to make up the missed fasts, for they are a debt in your liability, along with expiation for each day by feeding a poor person. However, if you were not praying, then you are not upon Islam and not upon the religion, and even if you fast, your fasting is not valid. But the door of repentance is open; repent to Allah the Exalted with a sincere repentance and start anew, beginning your religion anew, maintaining the prayer and the other matters of the religion. As for the first case, it is obligatory for you to make up the fasts because you are a Muslim who abandoned fasting, unless the months were numerous and it became difficult or impossible, in which case repentance to Allah the Exalted is sufficient. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
And may Allah bless you. Abu Basil from Jeddah says: In years past, I did not fast Ramadan for several months because I was immersed in sins and violations. Now, praise be to Allah, I have been guided and have started fasting. I ask you to give me the ruling on how to make up for those years?
Answer:
If you were maintaining the prayer during the period you abandoned fasting, then it is obligatory for you to make up the missed fasts, for they are a debt in your liability, along with expiation for each day by feeding a poor person. However, if you were not praying, then you are not upon Islam and not upon the religion, and even if you fast, your fasting is not valid. But the door of repentance is open; repent to Allah the Exalted with a sincere repentance and start anew, beginning your religion anew, maintaining the prayer and the other matters of the religion. As for the first case, it is obligatory for you to make up the fasts because you are a Muslim who abandoned fasting, unless the months were numerous and it became difficult or impossible, in which case repentance to Allah the Exalted is sufficient. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/276 — archive.org (1:46)
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