She reached menstruation at the age of nine, and did not fast Ramadan. Does she have to make up the fasts, and is it obligatory to pay the expiation for the delay?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. She says: We are a group of girls who started menstruating when we were no older than nine years old. Out of ignorance and modesty, we did not fast some of those months. When we learned that fasting is obligatory for us, we began to fast. What is obligatory in this matter? Do we have to make up the fasts for these months and give charity? Is it necessary to give the charity after fasting these months, or before fasting them? And what is the type of charity we should give, if any? Is it money, rice, or something else? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is obligatory for you to count the days on which you broke your fast, and then to make them up. You should hasten to make them up. All the days on which you broke your fast after reaching puberty are obligatory for you to make up, because it is an obligation of Islam, and it is not permissible for a Muslim to leave it.
And He the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:185] And He the Exalted said: [Al-Ma'idah 5:1] "Fasting has been prescribed for you," meaning it is obligatory. Yes.
[Al-Baqarah 2:183]. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Abi Dawud 4695Sahih (Al-Albani). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan an-Nasa'i 5001Sahih (Darussalam) Sahih al-Bukhari 53 the Sacred House of Allah, for whoever is able to make the journey to it. So fasting Ramadan is a pillar of Islam, and it is obligatory for every Muslim man and woman. The menstruating woman breaks her fast during the days of menstruation and makes them up on other days. So it is obligatory for you to count the days on which you broke your fast, and then to make them up. It is also obligatory, along with making up the fasts, to feed one poor person for each day due to the delay in making them up until this time, by the number of days. It is permissible to give the expiation before making up the fasts, after making them up, or during the process of making them up, and all of that is permissible, and praise be to Allah. Praise be to Allah.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. She says: We are a group of girls who started menstruating when we were no older than nine years old. Out of ignorance and modesty, we did not fast some of those months. When we learned that fasting is obligatory for us, we began to fast. What is obligatory in this matter? Do we have to make up the fasts for these months and give charity? Is it necessary to give the charity after fasting these months, or before fasting them? And what is the type of charity we should give, if any? Is it money, rice, or something else? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is obligatory for you to count the days on which you broke your fast, and then to make them up. You should hasten to make them up. All the days on which you broke your fast after reaching puberty are obligatory for you to make up, because it is an obligation of Islam, and it is not permissible for a Muslim to leave it.
And He the Exalted said:
So whoever sights [the new moon of] the month, let him fast it; and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other days.
فَمَن شَهِدَ مِنكُمُ الشَّهْرَ فَلْيَصُمْهُ وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَO you who have believed
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواupon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you
عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْIslam means that you should testify that there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is Allah’s Apostle, that you should observe prayer, pay Zakat, fast during Ramadan, and perform Hajj to the house (i.e., Ka`bah), If you have the means to go.
الاسلام تشهد ان لا اله الا الله وان محمدا رسول الله تقيم الصلاه وتؤتي الزكاه وتصوم رمضان تحج البيت ان استطعت اليه سبيلا.Islam is built on five (pillars): Testimony that there is none worthy of worship except Allah
بني الاسلام على خمس شهاده ان لا اله الا اللهand Muhammad is Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). 2. To offer prayers perfectly 3. To pay the Zakat (obligatory charity) 4. To observe fast during the month of Ramadan
وأن محمدا رسول الله، وإقام الصلاة وإيتاء الزكاة، وصيام رمضان، وحج
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حاضت وهي بنت تسع سنين، ولم تصم رمضان، فهل تقضي، وهل يجب إخراج الكفارة عن التأخير؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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