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The husband preventing his wife from making up Ramadan fasts

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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: His wife fasted to make up the days she missed from Ramadan without his permission. Is it permissible for him to have intercourse with her, and she can make up the fasts later?

The Shaykh:
It is not permissible to fast an obligatory fast; it is not permissible for him to prevent her from it. It is not permissible for him to prevent her from making up Ramadan, a vow, or an expiation; it is not permissible to prevent her from an obligatory act. As for the recommended, yes, he may prevent her from fasting a recommended fast. Yes.

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: There are some Qur'ans belonging to some people.

The Shaykh:
In the phrase of the jurists, it is said: "Whoever enters into an obligatory prayer that has a wide time, it is forbidden to break it." If he enters into it, it is forbidden to break it. Yes.
Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب نظر المصلي إلى سجوده والنهي عن رفع البصر في الصلاة — islamhouse.com (1:08:52)

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