A woman says: I was at the beginning of my puberty, and I used to fast in front of my family and break my fast in secret for three Ramadans. After marriage, I repented to Allah, and when
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The questioner : A woman says: I was at the beginning of my puberty, and I used to fast in front of my family and break my fast in secret for three Ramadans. After marriage, I repented to Allah, and when I wanted to make up these months, my husband said to me: "Repentance wipes out what came before it."
The Shaykh : It is obligatory.
The questioner : "Repentance wipes out what came before it, and by your fasting, you neglect me and the children." So, is it obligatory for me to fast, or should I feed eighty poor people?
The Shaykh : If this woman was not obligated to fast in the first place, then making up the fasts does not benefit her, because we have an important rule: that time-bound acts of worship, if a person performs them outside their prescribed time without an excuse, are not accepted from him. Accordingly, if this woman did not pray and did not fast in the first place, then she does not have to make up the fasts, and repentance wipes out what came before it. However, if she was fasting but breaking her fast during the day, then she must make up the fasts, and it is not permissible for her husband to prevent her from doing so, because making up the obligatory fast is her duty, and a husband is not allowed to prevent his wife from making up obligatory fasts. Yes.
The Shaykh : It is obligatory.
The questioner : "Repentance wipes out what came before it, and by your fasting, you neglect me and the children." So, is it obligatory for me to fast, or should I feed eighty poor people?
The Shaykh : If this woman was not obligated to fast in the first place, then making up the fasts does not benefit her, because we have an important rule: that time-bound acts of worship, if a person performs them outside their prescribed time without an excuse, are not accepted from him. Accordingly, if this woman did not pray and did not fast in the first place, then she does not have to make up the fasts, and repentance wipes out what came before it. However, if she was fasting but breaking her fast during the day, then she must make up the fasts, and it is not permissible for her husband to prevent her from doing so, because making up the obligatory fast is her duty, and a husband is not allowed to prevent his wife from making up obligatory fasts. Yes.