Fasting two consecutive months as expiation for accidental killing and how to calculate the duration
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Question:
The questioner says: In past years, I was involved in a traffic accident in which people died as a result. I was required to fast two consecutive months. I fasted for two months starting from the middle of the month. Is my fasting valid? And how do we calculate the duration of fasting in such a case?
Answer:
Yes, you fast by the number, thirty days. If you fast for two months, that is sixty days. If you fast sixty days, you have fasted the two months by the number. As for sighting the new moon, you did not see it to base your ruling on it, did you? You base it on the number. However, the two months of fasting are for one person, and you said that several people died with you. For each one, it is two months. You fast two months for each one. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: In past years, I was involved in a traffic accident in which people died as a result. I was required to fast two consecutive months. I fasted for two months starting from the middle of the month. Is my fasting valid? And how do we calculate the duration of fasting in such a case?
Answer:
Yes, you fast by the number, thirty days. If you fast for two months, that is sixty days. If you fast sixty days, you have fasted the two months by the number. As for sighting the new moon, you did not see it to base your ruling on it, did you? You base it on the number. However, the two months of fasting are for one person, and you said that several people died with you. For each one, it is two months. You fast two months for each one. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (070) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1435-11-22] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (16:07)
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