That he is a man who has reached the age of seventy-five and did not begin fasting at the legal age, but rather I used to fast some days and break the fast on other days.

The questioner : A man who has reached the age of seventy-five did not begin fasting at the legal age, but rather I used to fast some days and break the fast on other days. In addition to my negligence in performing the prayer, I used to pray sometimes and leave it off other times. I have been consistent with fasting and prayer since I was forty years old. What should I do about the years that passed in which I did not fast, considering that I am a disabled man and I am unable to make up the missed fasts?

The Shaykh : Repentance is sufficient in such a case, because anyone who leaves a specific act of worship that is bound by a time without a valid legal excuse does not make it up, as he gains nothing from making it up. Any act of worship that is bound by a time, if a person performs it outside its time, he does not make it up, because making it up would be a waste. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):