I broke my fast for one day in Ramadan without a valid religious excuse; should I make up that day with one day of fasting or two months?
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The questioner : The questioner says: I broke my fast for one day in Ramadan without a valid religious excuse; should I make up that day with one day of fasting or two months?
The Shaykh : We do not know what he broke his fast with. If he broke his fast through intercourse while knowing that intercourse is forbidden, then he owes an expiation: freeing a slave. If he cannot find one, then fasting two consecutive months. If he cannot do that, then feeding sixty poor people. But if he broke his fast with something other than intercourse, then he must repent to Allah and make up the day he broke his fast.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : We do not know what he broke his fast with. If he broke his fast through intercourse while knowing that intercourse is forbidden, then he owes an expiation: freeing a slave. If he cannot find one, then fasting two consecutive months. If he cannot do that, then feeding sixty poor people. But if he broke his fast with something other than intercourse, then he must repent to Allah and make up the day he broke his fast.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.