Ruling on one who broke her fast due to pregnancy and was unable to make it up
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Question:
The questioner: I have missed approximately sixty days of fasting due to giving birth to four children. Physically, I am not in a state to fast and am unable to do so. Please guide me on what I should do? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The Shaykh: If you broke your fast during this pregnancy for sixty days, then you must make up the fasts. If you are ill, you should wait until you are healed, if Allah wills. However, if you are unable to fast because of old age, then you must feed a poor person for each day. You feed a poor person half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) for each day, which you gather and give to some of the poor.
The Shaykh: As for if you are able to fast, then you must fast. You must make up the fasts, even if you do so separately and not consecutively. In addition, you must feed a poor person for the delay, if you have delayed while being able to do so. You must feed a poor person for the number of days, half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) for each day, which is gathered and given to some of the poor. It is not permissible to be lax in this matter. These are great matters. The obligation of fasting Ramadan is a pillar of Islam, so it is obligatory to take care of this matter. If you are able, hasten to fast. If you are unable, it is postponed until you are healed from your illness. Allah says: [Surat al-Baqarah: 185]. But if it was due to laxity, then you must repent to Allah, feel remorse, abandon the sin, and hasten to fast. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
The questioner: I have missed approximately sixty days of fasting due to giving birth to four children. Physically, I am not in a state to fast and am unable to do so. Please guide me on what I should do? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The Shaykh: If you broke your fast during this pregnancy for sixty days, then you must make up the fasts. If you are ill, you should wait until you are healed, if Allah wills. However, if you are unable to fast because of old age, then you must feed a poor person for each day. You feed a poor person half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) for each day, which you gather and give to some of the poor.
The Shaykh: As for if you are able to fast, then you must fast. You must make up the fasts, even if you do so separately and not consecutively. In addition, you must feed a poor person for the delay, if you have delayed while being able to do so. You must feed a poor person for the number of days, half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) for each day, which is gathered and given to some of the poor. It is not permissible to be lax in this matter. These are great matters. The obligation of fasting Ramadan is a pillar of Islam, so it is obligatory to take care of this matter. If you are able, hasten to fast. If you are unable, it is postponed until you are healed from your illness. Allah says:
and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other days
وَمَنْ كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَThe presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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