Expiation for one who broke his fast in Ramadan for an excuse and is uncertain about the number of days
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Question : The questioner says: I broke my fast in Ramadan for an excuse, and I am uncertain about the number of days. What should I do? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer : Take the lesser number. That is, if you broke your fast in Ramadan for an excuse—and by that, Allah knows best, you mean last Ramadan—and you do not know the number of days you broke your fast, take the lesser number. If you are uncertain whether you broke your fast for three days or four, make it three; take the lesser number. Why? Because the default is that one has not broken the fast. So if you are not certain that you broke your fast for four days, you are only required to make up what you are certain of, which is three days. Yes.
Answer : Take the lesser number. That is, if you broke your fast in Ramadan for an excuse—and by that, Allah knows best, you mean last Ramadan—and you do not know the number of days you broke your fast, take the lesser number. If you are uncertain whether you broke your fast for three days or four, make it three; take the lesser number. Why? Because the default is that one has not broken the fast. So if you are not certain that you broke your fast for four days, you are only required to make up what you are certain of, which is three days. Yes.
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اللقاءات الرمضانية لعام 1411هـ - 3 — binothaimeen.net (33:18)
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