What is obligatory upon a woman who reached Ramadan and did not make up the days she broke?
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Question:
This message reached us from one of the listening brothers. He says—May the Shaykh be respected: A woman has a debt of five days from last Ramadan, and the noble month of Ramadan has come upon her, and she did not fast the five days that are her obligation. What is the course of action for her? And what is obligatory upon her?
Answer:
She must make them up after the festival, making them up with the intention for the previous Ramadan. And she must feed a poor person for each day as an addition, if she delayed. This is negligence. She must feed a poor person, half a sa' for each day, two and a half sa' in total; she gives it to some of the poor for the five days, along with making them up, along with repentance to Allah, regret, abandoning the sin, and seeking forgiveness; because she erred in delaying them.
As for if she delayed them due to illness, inability, or breastfeeding, inability, then she makes them up, and nothing is required of her. But if it was negligence, then it is obligatory upon her to repent and regret, and to make up the five days, along with feeding a poor person half a sa' for each day, meaning: two and a half sa' for the five days, she gives it to some of the poor, one of the poor, yes.
This message reached us from one of the listening brothers. He says—May the Shaykh be respected: A woman has a debt of five days from last Ramadan, and the noble month of Ramadan has come upon her, and she did not fast the five days that are her obligation. What is the course of action for her? And what is obligatory upon her?
Answer:
She must make them up after the festival, making them up with the intention for the previous Ramadan. And she must feed a poor person for each day as an addition, if she delayed. This is negligence. She must feed a poor person, half a sa' for each day, two and a half sa' in total; she gives it to some of the poor for the five days, along with making them up, along with repentance to Allah, regret, abandoning the sin, and seeking forgiveness; because she erred in delaying them.
As for if she delayed them due to illness, inability, or breastfeeding, inability, then she makes them up, and nothing is required of her. But if it was negligence, then it is obligatory upon her to repent and regret, and to make up the five days, along with feeding a poor person half a sa' for each day, meaning: two and a half sa' for the five days, she gives it to some of the poor, one of the poor, yes.
Source
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