A woman has days to make up from Ramadan, but she is unsure whether it is four days or three. The time has passed, and she has now fasted three days. What is obligatory for her?
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The questioner : A woman has days to make up from Ramadan, but she is unsure whether it is four days or three. She has now fasted three days. What is obligatory for her? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : If a person is unsure about the obligatory days he must make up, he should take the lesser number. If a woman or a man is unsure whether he has three or four days to make up, he takes the lesser number, because the lesser number is certain, and what is added is doubtful, and the original state is the purity of one’s conscience. However, the safer course is to make up the day in which he is unsure. If it was obligatory upon him, he has certainly purified his conscience by doing so. If it was not obligatory, it is voluntary. And Allah the Exalted does not waste the reward of one who does good. Yes.
The questioner : She says in a section of her [text].
The Shaykh : If a person is unsure about the obligatory days he must make up, he should take the lesser number. If a woman or a man is unsure whether he has three or four days to make up, he takes the lesser number, because the lesser number is certain, and what is added is doubtful, and the original state is the purity of one’s conscience. However, the safer course is to make up the day in which he is unsure. If it was obligatory upon him, he has certainly purified his conscience by doing so. If it was not obligatory, it is voluntary. And Allah the Exalted does not waste the reward of one who does good. Yes.
The questioner : She says in a section of her [text].