Is it permissible to make up Ramadan for one who intentionally broke the fast after repenting?

The questioner : Is it permissible to make up Ramadan for one who intentionally broke the fast after repenting?

The Shaykh : No one can perform a worship at a time other than the limited time prescribed by the Wise Lawgiver, which has a beginning and an end. One prays, fasts, or performs that worship at a time other than its legally prescribed time. So, whoever performs a worship at a time other than its prescribed time—and peace and mercy of Allah be upon you—first, his obligation is not discharged by it, and second, he has burdened himself with a religious innovation that he legislated for himself from his own mind. For example—and this is an example that does not usually come to mind, but it is very necessary to awaken those who are asleep from what they have become accustomed to, which is called "making up" (qada'), because the meaning of "making up" is performing a worship at a time other than its prescribed time. So, these people are like what is said in some Syrian countries: "So-and-so performed Hajj while the people were returning." He performed Hajj while the people were returning? Did he really perform Hajj? No, he did not. And indeed, if a man did not stand at 'Arafah, his Hajj is invalid with all the pillars of Hajj, but if he stood on the mountain of 'Arafah on the eighth day or the tenth day, this is not Hajj. He did not perform Hajj, because the day of 'Arafah is the ninth day. So what about a person who performs all the pillars of this worship on days other than the days of this worship? This is not Hajj. Likewise, the one who prays, for example, one of the five prayers at a time other than its time, or fasts Ramadan in the month of Sha'ban or in the month of Shawwal, or so on. All these examples fall under a very serious issue, were it not for the erroneous ijtihad of some scholars who enter into the issue of . Where did they get the idea that one who intentionally fasts Ramadan without a legal excuse makes it up? For example, one who breaks the fast of Ramadan without a legal excuse makes it up later. This has no basis. If it were permissible for me to argue with what is not established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I would say that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: But this is a weak hadith. I mentioned it intentionally to warn you that, although it corresponds to our topic, it is a warning against attributing to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) what he did not say. Given the popularity of this hadith, it may have also spread in our lands. There is no sermon delivered in Ramadan that does not mention this hadith as a warning against breaking the fast on one of the days of Ramadan. They rely on what is not authentic and claim that there are pillars of legal evidence that suffice them for such a weak hadith and benefit them with other rulings unrelated to breaking the fast on one day of the month of Ramadan.

The questioner : And if only they would adhere to it as evidence as well.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : I mean, they bring this hadith.

The Shaykh : And they contradict it.

The questioner : And they say that making it up is permissible.

The Shaykh : Yes, correct, you are right.
The Shaykh : The point is, therefore, that it is not permissible for one who breaks the fast on a day of Ramadan without a legal excuse—and the excuses for that are known—to make it up. Rather, the way out for one to whom Allah wills guidance is like the way out of a disbeliever from his disbelief. What is his way out of that? As the scholars say, there is no sin after disbelief. It is what came in the Qur'an, such as the saying of the Exalted: So, repentance erases the sin, everything that was a right of Allah the Exalted and was prescribed at a specific time. So, whoever fails to do that, nothing remains for him but sincere repentance. Yes.