The ruling on one who fasts for days of Ramadan due to illness and forgets the number of days
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Question:
From the Ashira region, one of the listening sisters, code (S. H. F), asks and says: I have been ill for twenty years, and I broke my fast for some days of the month of Ramadan. I do not know now how many those days were. I have now fasted ten days, and I do not know if it is more or less. So what do you advise me to do now? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
You must fast what is most likely in your mind until you complete it. If it is most likely in your mind that it was fifteen, complete it with five days, and so on. You should investigate based on the preponderance of probability, and that is sufficient, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah bless you, may Allah reward you with good. She says that she has now fasted ten. Do you advise her to do anything else, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, she should look and reflect. If she remembers that it was fifteen, she completes thirteen; she completes seventeen, and so on, based on the preponderance of probability.
The presenter : And if she believes that it was only ten, does she suffice with that?
The Shaykh : Then she has finished, and praise be to Allah.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
From the Ashira region, one of the listening sisters, code (S. H. F), asks and says: I have been ill for twenty years, and I broke my fast for some days of the month of Ramadan. I do not know now how many those days were. I have now fasted ten days, and I do not know if it is more or less. So what do you advise me to do now? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
You must fast what is most likely in your mind until you complete it. If it is most likely in your mind that it was fifteen, complete it with five days, and so on. You should investigate based on the preponderance of probability, and that is sufficient, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah bless you, may Allah reward you with good. She says that she has now fasted ten. Do you advise her to do anything else, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes, she should look and reflect. If she remembers that it was fifteen, she completes thirteen; she completes seventeen, and so on, based on the preponderance of probability.
The presenter : And if she believes that it was only ten, does she suffice with that?
The Shaykh : Then she has finished, and praise be to Allah.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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