Doubt Regarding Fasting Ramadan After Reaching Puberty
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Question:
This is a woman asking: “Shaykh Salih, a woman experienced menstruation when she was ten years old. After a period of time, she became uncertain whether she fasted Ramadan in that year when she had her period or not.”
Answer:
Yes, as long as the doubt is delayed, it has no effect. A delayed doubt has no effect, provided that she fasted with the Muslims and did not abandon fasting. The apparent state of her affairs is that she does not abandon fasting without a valid legal excuse, and the Muslims are fasting. So this may be a case of obsessive doubt (waswas), which should be ignored unless she knows for certain that she did not fast. If she knows that she did not fast, it is obligatory for her to make up the days of Ramadan she missed. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
This is a woman asking: “Shaykh Salih, a woman experienced menstruation when she was ten years old. After a period of time, she became uncertain whether she fasted Ramadan in that year when she had her period or not.”
Answer:
Yes, as long as the doubt is delayed, it has no effect. A delayed doubt has no effect, provided that she fasted with the Muslims and did not abandon fasting. The apparent state of her affairs is that she does not abandon fasting without a valid legal excuse, and the Muslims are fasting. So this may be a case of obsessive doubt (waswas), which should be ignored unless she knows for certain that she did not fast. If she knows that she did not fast, it is obligatory for her to make up the days of Ramadan she missed. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (089) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-05-06] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (15:44)
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