A man who owes the expiation of fasting for two months: Rajab and Sha'ban. Does he complete these two months, or does he follow the calendar?
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The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : A man who owes the expiation of fasting for two months: Rajab and Sha'ban. Does he complete these two months, or does he follow the calendar?
The Shaykh : If the month of Rajab was established by testimony, and the entry of Ramadan was established by testimony, and Rajab was twenty-nine days and Sha'ban was twenty-nine days, how much is missing from sixty?
The questioner : Two days.
The Shaykh : Yes? Two days are missing. That suffices for him, because Allah the Exalted did not say: "Fast sixty days" as He said: "Feed sixty poor people" in the expiation for zihar. Rather, He said: "Two months." And the two months, the month is what is between the two new moons, whether it is twenty-nine days or thirty days, or one month is twenty-nine days and the second month is thirty days. The important thing is that what Allah defined as a month is by the month. Yes.
The Shaykh : If the month of Rajab was established by testimony, and the entry of Ramadan was established by testimony, and Rajab was twenty-nine days and Sha'ban was twenty-nine days, how much is missing from sixty?
The questioner : Two days.
The Shaykh : Yes? Two days are missing. That suffices for him, because Allah the Exalted did not say: "Fast sixty days" as He said: "Feed sixty poor people" in the expiation for zihar. Rather, He said: "Two months." And the two months, the month is what is between the two new moons, whether it is twenty-nine days or thirty days, or one month is twenty-nine days and the second month is thirty days. The important thing is that what Allah defined as a month is by the month. Yes.