How to make up the fast of Ramadan for one who broke it for an excuse?
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The questioner:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questioner says: A woman left fasting in Ramadan twenty years ago due to pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding, as she was physically weak and had illnesses, so she was told to break her fast, and she did, but she did not feed anyone or make up the fast until now. What is obligatory for her now?
The Shaykh:
She is required to make up the fast and repent. She must repent to Allah and make up the fast, and feed a poor person for every day. She must make up what she left off, along with repentance to Allah the Exalted for the delay, and feed a poor person for every day; because she delayed it until after another Ramadan.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
If she is currently unable due to old age or an illness that is not expected to end, she does not have to make up the fast; she must feed a poor person for every day corresponding to the number of days she left off. If she is unable due to her old age, or if she recovers but recovery is expected. Yes.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questioner says: A woman left fasting in Ramadan twenty years ago due to pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding, as she was physically weak and had illnesses, so she was told to break her fast, and she did, but she did not feed anyone or make up the fast until now. What is obligatory for her now?
The Shaykh:
She is required to make up the fast and repent. She must repent to Allah and make up the fast, and feed a poor person for every day. She must make up what she left off, along with repentance to Allah the Exalted for the delay, and feed a poor person for every day; because she delayed it until after another Ramadan.
The presenter:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
If she is currently unable due to old age or an illness that is not expected to end, she does not have to make up the fast; she must feed a poor person for every day corresponding to the number of days she left off. If she is unable due to her old age, or if she recovers but recovery is expected. Yes.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 107 كيفية قضاء صوم رمضان لمن أفطر بعذر؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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