A young man who fulfills what Allah has made obligatory upon him of the fard duties and praises Allah for it
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The questioner : He says that he is a young man who fulfills what Allah has made obligatory upon him of the fard duties and praises Allah for it. He says: I was involved in a car accident before Ramadan by about half a month and was knocked unconscious after this accident, not regaining consciousness until after Ramadan. Is it obligatory for me to make up the fasts of Ramadan, or not? If it is obligatory for me to make them up, how do I make them up? I have fasted three Ramadans after it, or three years have passed. Do I make them up and pay an expiation for the delay, or what do I do? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is obligatory for you to make up the month of Ramadan that passed while you were unconscious from this accident. It is not permissible for you to delay it until the second Ramadan except for an excuse. If you delay it until the second, third, or fourth Ramadan, you have sinned by doing so. You must repent to Allah, seek His forgiveness, feel remorse for what happened to you, and make up what you missed.
The stronger opinion is that you are not required to pay an expiation along with making up the fasts, because there is no evidence from the Sunnah that an expiation is obligatory with making up the fasts. Rather, the general statement of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:185] includes the case where a person makes up the fasts before the second Ramadan or after it. Allah the Exalted and Glorified has not obligated anything other than a number of other days. The stronger opinion is: that one who makes up Ramadan is not required to pay an expiation along with making up the fasts. However, the situation differs regarding the one who has an excuse and the one who does not, only in terms of sin. If he delays until the second Ramadan without an excuse, he has sinned. If he delays it for an excuse, he has not sinned. As for the expiation, it is not obligatory in either case. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. This listener is Ali Maher Abu Bakr, an Egyptian residing in the Kingdom. He says: O honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is obligatory for you to make up the month of Ramadan that passed while you were unconscious from this accident. It is not permissible for you to delay it until the second Ramadan except for an excuse. If you delay it until the second, third, or fourth Ramadan, you have sinned by doing so. You must repent to Allah, seek His forgiveness, feel remorse for what happened to you, and make up what you missed.
The stronger opinion is that you are not required to pay an expiation along with making up the fasts, because there is no evidence from the Sunnah that an expiation is obligatory with making up the fasts. Rather, the general statement of Allah the Exalted:
and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other days
ومَنْ كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَThe questioner : May Allah bless you. This listener is Ali Maher Abu Bakr, an Egyptian residing in the Kingdom. He says: O honorable Shaykh.