Statement of what is obligatory upon one who breaks fast for days in Ramadan and delays making them up
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Question:
There is no issue with that. I had previously gone to a European country to cut the grass, and I continued to reside there for a period of nine months. It happened that the noble month of Ramadan occurred during that time. I arrived for three days and broke my fast for twenty-seven days. It is not permissible, it is not permissible, because I believed that I was under the influence of magic. Those days passed to the point where this became the norm. What is obligatory for you, my brother? Is it obligatory for me to make them up, or what?
Answer:
There is no doubt that it is obligatory for you to make up the fasts, and it is obligatory for you, along with making them up, to feed one poor person for each day of the delay. That is, you delayed making up the fasts, so you combine both matters: first, you must make up these fasts, and this is necessary; second, you feed one poor person for each day for the delay.
There is no issue with that. I had previously gone to a European country to cut the grass, and I continued to reside there for a period of nine months. It happened that the noble month of Ramadan occurred during that time. I arrived for three days and broke my fast for twenty-seven days. It is not permissible, it is not permissible, because I believed that I was under the influence of magic. Those days passed to the point where this became the norm. What is obligatory for you, my brother? Is it obligatory for me to make them up, or what?
Answer:
There is no doubt that it is obligatory for you to make up the fasts, and it is obligatory for you, along with making them up, to feed one poor person for each day of the delay. That is, you delayed making up the fasts, so you combine both matters: first, you must make up these fasts, and this is necessary; second, you feed one poor person for each day for the delay.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من باب قضاء الحاجة — islamhouse.com (1:00:53)
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