What should a woman do if she has not made up the days she missed from Ramadan in previous years?
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Question:
If a woman has not made up the days she missed from Ramadan in previous years out of ignorance, and perhaps she does not know how many days she missed, though it was for a valid religious excuse, is she required to make up the fasts or only to feed people? She now knows that breaking the fast requires making it up and paying an expiation. What is the correct solution? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The default ruling is that if someone breaks the fast in Ramadan, it is obligatory for him to make it up, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:185] So if someone breaks the fast during Ramadan, whether for a valid religious excuse, without an excuse, or intentionally without an excuse, he is considered a sinner and it is obligatory for him to make up the fast and repent. As for the one who breaks the fast for a valid religious excuse, there is no sin on him, but it is obligatory for him to make up the days he missed. In any case, making up the fast is obligatory for this woman. As for the number of days, she should estimate it by knowing the number of years that have passed and knowing how many days she missed from each month of Ramadan, then she makes them up. She also feeds a poor person for each day along with making up the fast, meaning the amount of half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of food, which is one and a half kilograms for each day, which she gives to a poor person for the delay. As for the number of days, she should do her best to estimate it, be cautious, and make them up. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
If a woman has not made up the days she missed from Ramadan in previous years out of ignorance, and perhaps she does not know how many days she missed, though it was for a valid religious excuse, is she required to make up the fasts or only to feed people? She now knows that breaking the fast requires making it up and paying an expiation. What is the correct solution? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The default ruling is that if someone breaks the fast in Ramadan, it is obligatory for him to make it up, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other days
وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ماذا تفعل المرأة إذا كانت لم تقضي ما أفطرت من رمضان في السنين السابقة؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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