What is the ruling on one who fasted the entire month of Ramadan and then wants to make up the missed days?

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The questioner : The questioner says: O esteemed Shaykh, what is the ruling on one who fasted the entire month of Ramadan and then wants to make up the missed days? Does he have to make them up consecutively, or is there no harm in making them up whenever he wishes, as long as it is before the next Ramadan?

The Shaykh : Yes. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:

and whoever is ill or on a journey

وَمَنْ كَانَ مَرِيضاً أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ

[Al-Baqarah 2:185]

Did you hear?

an equal number of days [are to be made up]

فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ

[Al-Baqarah 2:184]

. And Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, did not say: "consecutive days." If Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, had intended for them to be consecutive, He would have specified that, just as He said regarding the expiation for zihar:

then [instead], a fast for two months consecutively

فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ

[An-Nisa 4:92]

. The person who owes fasting for Ramadan is free. He may make up two, three, or four days in the month, or make them all up together. The important thing is that he does not enter the second Ramadan until he has fulfilled what he owes from the previous Ramadan. Aisha said:

I had to complete some of the fasts of Ramadan, but I could not do it but during the month of Sha'ban

كان يكون علي الصوم من رمضان فما أستطيع أن أقضيه إلا في شعبان

Sahih Muslim 1146a

. Yes.

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