A woman asks: I previously fasted in past years to make up for a debt I owed, but I intentionally broke the fast, and after that I made up that fast with one day, and I do not know
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The questioner : This questioner is from the southern part of the Kingdom. The sisters M and F, and W and F. This question says: This questioner says, "I previously fasted in past years to make up for a debt I owed, but I intentionally broke the fast, and after that I made up that fast with one day, and I do not know whether it is made up with one day as I did, or by fasting two consecutive months, and whether I am required to pay expiation. I hope the honorable Shaykh will answer?"
The Shaykh : If a person begins a fast that is obligatory, such as making up Ramadan, or the expiation for an oath, or the expiation for shaving the head during Hajj if the pilgrim shaves before entering the state of ihram, or similar obligatory fasts, it is not permissible for him to break it except for a valid religious excuse. Likewise, anyone who begins something obligatory is required to complete it, and it is not permissible for him to break it except for a valid religious excuse that permits breaking it.
And this woman who began making up the fast.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then she broke the fast on one day without an excuse, and she made up that day. She owes nothing after that, because making up the fast is done day by day.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But she must repent and seek forgiveness from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for what occurred from her of breaking the obligatory fast without an excuse. Yes.
The Shaykh : If a person begins a fast that is obligatory, such as making up Ramadan, or the expiation for an oath, or the expiation for shaving the head during Hajj if the pilgrim shaves before entering the state of ihram, or similar obligatory fasts, it is not permissible for him to break it except for a valid religious excuse. Likewise, anyone who begins something obligatory is required to complete it, and it is not permissible for him to break it except for a valid religious excuse that permits breaking it.
And this woman who began making up the fast.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then she broke the fast on one day without an excuse, and she made up that day. She owes nothing after that, because making up the fast is done day by day.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But she must repent and seek forgiveness from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) for what occurred from her of breaking the obligatory fast without an excuse. Yes.