A woman who broke her fast in last year's Ramadan due to pregnancy: does she have to make it up?
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The questioner : She broke her fast in last year's Ramadan due to pregnancy; does she have to make it up?
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no doubt that if a person breaks the fast for a day in Ramadan for a valid excuse, it is obligatory for him to make it up, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:184] As for the one who deliberately refuses to fast a day in Ramadan, fasting the rest of his life will not suffice for him. That is to say, if someone deliberately breaks the fast for a day in Ramadan without a valid legal excuse, making it up will not benefit him; even if he makes it up, it will not benefit him. For this reason, the stronger opinion regarding the one who deliberately leaves off fasting a day in Ramadan without an excuse is that we do not order him to make it up, but rather we order him to repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and to rectify his deeds. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no doubt that if a person breaks the fast for a day in Ramadan for a valid excuse, it is obligatory for him to make it up, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
So whoever among you is ill or on a journey [during them] - then an equal number of days [are to be made up]
فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَThe questioner : May Allah reward you.