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What is the ruling on making up fasting and prayer for a woman who was affected by a jinn?

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The questioner : The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you. A woman was possessed by a jinn, may Allah protect us from that, and she was unable to fast in last Ramadan because of it, nor could she pray. However, her condition has improved this year and she is able to fast. What is required of her regarding last Ramadan and regarding the prayer? Does she have to make it up or not? May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : As for fasting last Ramadan, she must make it up, because the excuse that prevented her from doing it at its proper time has passed. And Allah the Exalted said:
and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other daysوَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ
[Al-Baqarah 2:185]
. As for the prayer, it is looked at: if she was unable to pray at that time, meaning in that month, then she was coerced into leaving the prayer. Since the coercion has passed, she must make up what she missed. Thus, making it up is obligatory upon her, whether in prayer or in fasting. We ask Allah the Exalted to maintain her well-being, not to return a hardship upon her, and not to afflict any of the Muslims with evil.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : However, if she loses consciousness, meaning she is in the state of a madwoman, then she owes nothing, neither fasting nor prayer. Yes.
Source دروس وفتاوى المسجد الحرام لعام 1412 هـ - 11 — binothaimeen.net (50:28)

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