What should one do if they neglected making up fasts until they grew old?

Question: Thirty-five years ago, I gave birth to a daughter in Ramadan, and two years later I gave birth to another daughter in Ramadan. I did not fast more than ten days. I am an elderly woman and ill. How should I act now?

Answer: If Allah grants you health, it is obligatory for you to fast the days you owe from the first and second Ramadan. In addition, you must feed a poor person for each day if you were lax in making up the fasts while you were able to do so. You must feed a poor person for each day with half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of dates or rice from the local staple food, which is approximately one and a half kilograms per day. This is given to some poor people; you gather it and give it to one or two poor people, or to a poor family. This is sufficient, and praise be to Allah, along with fasting and repentance.
However, if the delay was due to illness, and you were not lax in this matter, but the illness prevented you from fasting, then you only have to make up the fasts, and you do not have to feed anyone. You simply make up the days you missed, and there is no feeding required; because you are excused, as Allah the Exalted said: [Surat al-Baqarah: 185].