How does a woman make up the days she did not fast in Ramadan due to childbirth?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. A message was sent by one of the sisters, the resident mother of Muhammad, an Egyptian woman. She says that she is a committed woman, praise be to Allah, regarding her religious affairs since childhood, but naturally some matters are hidden from her. For example, she gave birth to her first child on the first day of Ramadan, and consequently she did not fast for the entire month. She then paid out money afterwards, and she learned that it was not sufficient. So she began, she began to fast from this year, and she paid out food for this year to a mosque, but I do not know the number of people who were fed. Was what I paid out as a value equal to the iftar of thirty days? Does this suffice? And what should I do? Is it not necessary to feed thirty poor women? And what is upon me for the previous three years? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
As the questioner mentioned, it is obligatory for her to make up the fasts she missed. She recalls that she did not fast every Ramadan due to post-natal bleeding, so she must make up the days she did not fast. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:[Al-Baqarah 2:184] And along with making up the fasts, she must feed one poor person for each day.
Regarding the delay: if she delayed making up the fasts without an excuse until another Ramadan came upon her, then along with making up the fasts, she must feed one poor person for each day with the amount of half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), which is approximately one and a half kilograms for each day. If she paid out this amount, praise be to Allah, it is sufficient. If she paid out only part of it, she must complete the rest for the remaining days. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. A message was sent by one of the sisters, the resident mother of Muhammad, an Egyptian woman. She says that she is a committed woman, praise be to Allah, regarding her religious affairs since childhood, but naturally some matters are hidden from her. For example, she gave birth to her first child on the first day of Ramadan, and consequently she did not fast for the entire month. She then paid out money afterwards, and she learned that it was not sufficient. So she began, she began to fast from this year, and she paid out food for this year to a mosque, but I do not know the number of people who were fed. Was what I paid out as a value equal to the iftar of thirty days? Does this suffice? And what should I do? Is it not necessary to feed thirty poor women? And what is upon me for the previous three years? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
As the questioner mentioned, it is obligatory for her to make up the fasts she missed. She recalls that she did not fast every Ramadan due to post-natal bleeding, so she must make up the days she did not fast. Allah the Exalted and Majestic said:
So whoever among you is ill or on a journey [during them] - then an equal number of days [are to be made up].
فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَRegarding the delay: if she delayed making up the fasts without an excuse until another Ramadan came upon her, then along with making up the fasts, she must feed one poor person for each day with the amount of half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), which is approximately one and a half kilograms for each day. If she paid out this amount, praise be to Allah, it is sufficient. If she paid out only part of it, she must complete the rest for the remaining days. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2423- كيف تقضي الأم ما أفطرته من رمضان بسبب الولادة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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