The ruling on fasting two consecutive months with an excuse
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The questioner:
I say that she must fast two consecutive months. Do she fast on the days of Tashreeq or break her fast? I say that a woman who is required to fast two consecutive months
The Shaykh:
No, she does not fast on the days of Tashreeq. One does not fast on the days of Tashreeq except one who is unable to offer the sacrificial animal. It is not that one fasts on the days of Tashreeq; that is for the sacrifice of Tamattu'. Otherwise, one does not fast on the days of Tashreeq. On the days of Tashreeq, a woman or anyone else does not fast.
The questioner:
Consecutiveness is required in this matter for him. You are excused.
The Shaykh:
She is excused. Yes, breaking her fast on the day of Eid and the days of Tashreeq is an excuse. She completes sixty days and there is no blame on her. It does not harm her that she broke her fast on the days of Tashreeq and the day of Eid. She completes sixty days. She does not count them as sixty days excluding the days of Eid.
The questioner:
I mean, who is required to fast two months.
The Shaykh:
If she fasted thirty days before the day of Eid, then the Eid came, and she went to the partners [to offer the sacrifice], she fasts another thirty days. Thirty days to complete a month.
The questioner:
May Allah bless you. I mean, who is required to fast two consecutive months and broke his fast due to a period.
The Shaykh:
If she broke her fast for menstruation or for the days of Tashreeq, it does not harm. It does not break the consecutiveness. Yes.
The questioner:
I will show you the fasting.
The Shaykh:
He completes his fasting independently for sixty days.
The reader:
And Yahya told me that he heard Malik say: The best I have heard regarding one who is required to fast two consecutive months for accidental killing or zihar, if he is afflicted with an illness that overcomes him and cuts off his fasting, is that if he recovers from his illness and is strong enough to fast, he has no right to delay it. He builds upon what has passed of his fasting. Likewise, the woman who is required to fast, if she menstruates during her fasting, when she becomes pure, she does not delay the fasting. She builds upon what she has already fasted. And no one who is required to fast two consecutive months in the Book of Allah has the right to break his fast except due to an illness or menstruation. And he has no right to travel and break his fast. Malik said: This is the best I have heard regarding that.
The Shaykh:
Whatever is established, that is the correct ruling. If she broke her fast for menstruation or illness, it does not break the consecutiveness. It becomes upon her to fast the expiation and consecutively. If she broke her fast due to an illness that prevented her, or menstruation that prevented her, she consecutively fasts, and the days she broke her fast do not harm her. It is not permissible to travel for the sake of breaking the fast. Deception is not permissible.
The questioner:
But if he traveled by land.
The Shaykh:
If he traveled for the sake of deception, it is not permissible. But if he traveled for an illness or other reasons, there is no harm. It does not break the consecutiveness. He breaks his fast and it does not break the consecutiveness if it is a lawful travel. My client. Just as the scholars of knowledge mentioned regarding food and drink, what returns to his heart from types of dhikr and delight in addressing Allah, and that is the food and drink. What nourishes his heart from the bliss of worship and delight in obeying Allah, reading the Qur'an, dhikr, and the like. If he were fed from Paradise, he would not be fasting.
The questioner:
If he deceived regarding the fasting of the two months in travel, if he deceived regarding breaking the fast, and he is required to fast two months as expiation, does he start over?
The Shaykh:
If he traveled by deception, he starts over, and he is a sinner, and he must repent to Allah, and he starts over.
I say that she must fast two consecutive months. Do she fast on the days of Tashreeq or break her fast? I say that a woman who is required to fast two consecutive months
The Shaykh:
No, she does not fast on the days of Tashreeq. One does not fast on the days of Tashreeq except one who is unable to offer the sacrificial animal. It is not that one fasts on the days of Tashreeq; that is for the sacrifice of Tamattu'. Otherwise, one does not fast on the days of Tashreeq. On the days of Tashreeq, a woman or anyone else does not fast.
The questioner:
Consecutiveness is required in this matter for him. You are excused.
The Shaykh:
She is excused. Yes, breaking her fast on the day of Eid and the days of Tashreeq is an excuse. She completes sixty days and there is no blame on her. It does not harm her that she broke her fast on the days of Tashreeq and the day of Eid. She completes sixty days. She does not count them as sixty days excluding the days of Eid.
The questioner:
I mean, who is required to fast two months.
The Shaykh:
If she fasted thirty days before the day of Eid, then the Eid came, and she went to the partners [to offer the sacrifice], she fasts another thirty days. Thirty days to complete a month.
The questioner:
May Allah bless you. I mean, who is required to fast two consecutive months and broke his fast due to a period.
The Shaykh:
If she broke her fast for menstruation or for the days of Tashreeq, it does not harm. It does not break the consecutiveness. Yes.
The questioner:
I will show you the fasting.
The Shaykh:
He completes his fasting independently for sixty days.
The reader:
And Yahya told me that he heard Malik say: The best I have heard regarding one who is required to fast two consecutive months for accidental killing or zihar, if he is afflicted with an illness that overcomes him and cuts off his fasting, is that if he recovers from his illness and is strong enough to fast, he has no right to delay it. He builds upon what has passed of his fasting. Likewise, the woman who is required to fast, if she menstruates during her fasting, when she becomes pure, she does not delay the fasting. She builds upon what she has already fasted. And no one who is required to fast two consecutive months in the Book of Allah has the right to break his fast except due to an illness or menstruation. And he has no right to travel and break his fast. Malik said: This is the best I have heard regarding that.
The Shaykh:
Whatever is established, that is the correct ruling. If she broke her fast for menstruation or illness, it does not break the consecutiveness. It becomes upon her to fast the expiation and consecutively. If she broke her fast due to an illness that prevented her, or menstruation that prevented her, she consecutively fasts, and the days she broke her fast do not harm her. It is not permissible to travel for the sake of breaking the fast. Deception is not permissible.
The questioner:
But if he traveled by land.
The Shaykh:
If he traveled for the sake of deception, it is not permissible. But if he traveled for an illness or other reasons, there is no harm. It does not break the consecutiveness. He breaks his fast and it does not break the consecutiveness if it is a lawful travel. My client. Just as the scholars of knowledge mentioned regarding food and drink, what returns to his heart from types of dhikr and delight in addressing Allah, and that is the food and drink. What nourishes his heart from the bliss of worship and delight in obeying Allah, reading the Qur'an, dhikr, and the like. If he were fed from Paradise, he would not be fasting.
The questioner:
If he deceived regarding the fasting of the two months in travel, if he deceived regarding breaking the fast, and he is required to fast two months as expiation, does he start over?
The Shaykh:
If he traveled by deception, he starts over, and he is a sinner, and he must repent to Allah, and he starts over.
Source
أجزاء من موطأ مالك، باب ما جاء في حجامة الصائم — islamhouse.com (16:11)
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