What is the ruling on making up fasts of Ramadan in Sha'ban?
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The questioner : The questioner says: A woman had her menstruation, and she made up some of the days she owed, but Ramadan caught up with her, and she did not make them up, because they told her that it is not permissible to make up fasts in the month before Ramadan, that is, in the month of Sha'ban.
The Shaykh : We say that making up fasts of Ramadan in the month of Sha'ban is permissible. For example, if a person has fasts to make up from Ramadan in the year 1401, there is no harm in making them up in Sha'ban, because it is established in the two Sahihs from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said:Sahih Muslim 1146a, and there is no harm if a person makes up his fasts in Sha'ban. However, since she was forgiven for it, if Ramadan ends this year, she should make up the days she owes from last year, and she owes nothing other than making up these days, because Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) only made making up the fasts obligatory. So whoever was ill or traveling, the number of days is from al-Bukhari, and it is also famous because of this fatwa that was delivered, and it is a wrong fatwa that is not correct.
The Shaykh : We say that making up fasts of Ramadan in the month of Sha'ban is permissible. For example, if a person has fasts to make up from Ramadan in the year 1401, there is no harm in making them up in Sha'ban, because it is established in the two Sahihs from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said:
I had to complete some of the fasts of Ramadan, but I could not do it but during the month of Sha'ban
كان يكون علي الصوم من رمضان فما أستطيع أن أقضيه إلا في شعبان
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دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام لعام 1402هـ - 10 — binothaimeen.net (1:17:34)
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