I am a woman who was married to a man, and this man had intercourse with me during the day in Ramadan several times, and I was ignorant of this matter.
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The questioner : The questioner says: I am a woman who was married to a man. And this man had intercourse with me during the day in Ramadan several times, and I was ignorant of this matter. So I became sad and went to my family, then I returned to him, and after that he divorced me. This was several years ago. Meaning: more than ten years. I had been with him for one year. So is there anything required of me in this?
The Shaykh : If this questioner did not know that intercourse is forbidden, like eating and drinking, then she owes nothing, neither making up the fast nor expiation. But my opinion is that this is unlikely, meaning it is unlikely that a woman or a man would be ignorant that the intercourse of a fasting person is forbidden. As for if she knew that it is forbidden but did not know what is obligatory for her if she did it, then she is sinful and she owes the expiation: which is freeing a slave, and if she does not find one, then fasting two consecutive months, and if she cannot do that, then feeding sixty poor people. The scholars said: And if this is repeated on days, then she owes an expiation for each day. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : The time for the midday prayer reaches us while we are in school. So what is your opinion, O honorable Shaykh, that we make the exit of the last lesson with the call to prayer instead of the bell, so that there is no imitating the Christians. And it would be the end of the class?
The Shaykh : The reference for this is to the responsible parties at your place, the school principal, then the education director, then the ministry department, then the ministry. Yes.
The Shaykh : If this questioner did not know that intercourse is forbidden, like eating and drinking, then she owes nothing, neither making up the fast nor expiation. But my opinion is that this is unlikely, meaning it is unlikely that a woman or a man would be ignorant that the intercourse of a fasting person is forbidden. As for if she knew that it is forbidden but did not know what is obligatory for her if she did it, then she is sinful and she owes the expiation: which is freeing a slave, and if she does not find one, then fasting two consecutive months, and if she cannot do that, then feeding sixty poor people. The scholars said: And if this is repeated on days, then she owes an expiation for each day. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : The time for the midday prayer reaches us while we are in school. So what is your opinion, O honorable Shaykh, that we make the exit of the last lesson with the call to prayer instead of the bell, so that there is no imitating the Christians. And it would be the end of the class?
The Shaykh : The reference for this is to the responsible parties at your place, the school principal, then the education director, then the ministry department, then the ministry. Yes.