The ruling on fasting for a woman who broke her fast in Ramadan and did not make it up despite being able to
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Question:
The listener: Muhammad Saree' al-Ruqay, from 'Afiyah, sent a message saying: My wife was in her ninth month of pregnancy when the month of Ramadan came a while ago. I told her, "If you are unable to fast, then break your fast." She broke her fast for the entire month, hoping to make it up after giving birth. However, she was involved in a car accident and became a quarter paralyzed afterward. I ordered her to make up the fasting she owed, but she has not made it up to this day.
Knowing that she is capable of doing so, as evidenced by the fact that she fasted for more than one Ramadan after that. We ask for your guidance: Is it permissible for me to fast on her behalf, or for one of her children to fast on her behalf, or is it necessary for her to make it up herself?
May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is obligatory for her to make it up herself, and no one may fast on her behalf while she is alive. However, if she had died, someone else would fast on her behalf. But as long as she is alive, it is obligatory for her to hasten and fast all the days she broke. In addition to that, she must feed one poor person for each day because she delayed the fasting without an excuse. So, she must fast, she must feed one poor person for each day, and she must repent. Thus, three things are required of her: fasting, repentance, and feeding one poor person for each day. This is half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of the staple food of the country, which is approximately one and a half kilograms of dates, rice, wheat, or barley. This is what is obligatory for her. So, you must advise her and strive to urge her to hasten in performing the obligation before her time comes. Yes.
The presenter: Is her being a quarter paralyzed, as His Eminence the Shaykh says, a barrier?
The Shaykh: It is not a barrier, as long as she is able to fast, it is not a barrier. Even if she were bedridden, if she is able to fast, praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The listener: Muhammad Saree' al-Ruqay, from 'Afiyah, sent a message saying: My wife was in her ninth month of pregnancy when the month of Ramadan came a while ago. I told her, "If you are unable to fast, then break your fast." She broke her fast for the entire month, hoping to make it up after giving birth. However, she was involved in a car accident and became a quarter paralyzed afterward. I ordered her to make up the fasting she owed, but she has not made it up to this day.
Knowing that she is capable of doing so, as evidenced by the fact that she fasted for more than one Ramadan after that. We ask for your guidance: Is it permissible for me to fast on her behalf, or for one of her children to fast on her behalf, or is it necessary for her to make it up herself?
May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is obligatory for her to make it up herself, and no one may fast on her behalf while she is alive. However, if she had died, someone else would fast on her behalf. But as long as she is alive, it is obligatory for her to hasten and fast all the days she broke. In addition to that, she must feed one poor person for each day because she delayed the fasting without an excuse. So, she must fast, she must feed one poor person for each day, and she must repent. Thus, three things are required of her: fasting, repentance, and feeding one poor person for each day. This is half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of the staple food of the country, which is approximately one and a half kilograms of dates, rice, wheat, or barley. This is what is obligatory for her. So, you must advise her and strive to urge her to hasten in performing the obligation before her time comes. Yes.
The presenter: Is her being a quarter paralyzed, as His Eminence the Shaykh says, a barrier?
The Shaykh: It is not a barrier, as long as she is able to fast, it is not a barrier. Even if she were bedridden, if she is able to fast, praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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