The Ruling on Delaying Making Up the Fasting of the Previous Ramadan
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The Shaykh : What is the ruling?
The questioner : For the one who has [days] upon him.
The Shaykh : Be patient, do not assume. After the lesson. Because you are occupying the people now. A car of a certain type. What is it? A Sunny, a Chinese one, or a Chinese one? The one I have is a Sunny. We ask its owner to remove it, and may Allah reward you with good. It is in front of the door of the student building. There are cars called Chinese ones. There is one. In any case, may Allah reward the one who knows that this is his car to go and remove it.
The questioner : Allah has gone.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Regarding the topic of making up fasts, the questioner asks: What is the ruling for the one who had days from last year’s Ramadan upon him, and he was negligent and lazy, so he did not make them up until this year’s Ramadan came? Does it suffice for him to only make up the days he owed from last year after this year’s Ramadan?
The Shaykh : Yes. First, it must be known that it is not permissible for a person to leave making up the fasts of the previous Ramadan until the current Ramadan arrives without an excuse. If he does so, meaning if he delays them without an excuse, he must repent and seek forgiveness, and he must make up the fasts. The scholars differed on whether he is also required to feed a poor person for each day. Some said it is obligatory, and some said it is not obligatory. The correct view is that it is not obligatory; repentance and making up the fasts are sufficient for him. This is because Allah said:[Al-Baqarah 2:184] and He did not mention feeding. Feeding requires evidence. This is because the default is that the conscience is clear and that there is no obligation. So, if no evidence is found for the obligation of feeding along with making up the fasts, we do not impose it on the servants of Allah. The correct view among the scholars on this issue is that fasting is sufficient for him. However, because he delayed it beyond Ramadan, he must seek the forgiveness of Allah the Exalted. He must seek the forgiveness of Allah the Exalted. Yes.
The questioner : For the one who has [days] upon him.
The Shaykh : Be patient, do not assume. After the lesson. Because you are occupying the people now. A car of a certain type. What is it? A Sunny, a Chinese one, or a Chinese one? The one I have is a Sunny. We ask its owner to remove it, and may Allah reward you with good. It is in front of the door of the student building. There are cars called Chinese ones. There is one. In any case, may Allah reward the one who knows that this is his car to go and remove it.
The questioner : Allah has gone.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Regarding the topic of making up fasts, the questioner asks: What is the ruling for the one who had days from last year’s Ramadan upon him, and he was negligent and lazy, so he did not make them up until this year’s Ramadan came? Does it suffice for him to only make up the days he owed from last year after this year’s Ramadan?
The Shaykh : Yes. First, it must be known that it is not permissible for a person to leave making up the fasts of the previous Ramadan until the current Ramadan arrives without an excuse. If he does so, meaning if he delays them without an excuse, he must repent and seek forgiveness, and he must make up the fasts. The scholars differed on whether he is also required to feed a poor person for each day. Some said it is obligatory, and some said it is not obligatory. The correct view is that it is not obligatory; repentance and making up the fasts are sufficient for him. This is because Allah said:
whoever among you is ill or on a journey [during them] - then an equal number of days [are to be made up]
مَّرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ
Source
اللقاءات الرمضانية لعام 1412هـ - 4 — binothaimeen.net (38:40)
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