Ruling on making up fasts and expiation for one who delayed making up the fast

Question:
In the last of the questions from the questioner, Umm 'Adil, from the Holy City of Madinah, she says: I have a delayed obligation to make up fasts for several years, and I want to make them up. Is it permissible for me to buy a bag of rice, enough to feed a whole family for sixty days? Is it permissible for me to give it to a poor family and make up the fasts I owe, or should I fast and feed a poor person for each day?

Answer:
If the delay in fasting was due to illness or something similar, then making up the fasts alone is sufficient; making up the fasts is enough. However, if one was negligent in breaking the fast during Ramadan and did not make it up while in good health until another Ramadan arrived, then he must make up the fasts and feed a poor person for each day. If he gathers the food and gives it to some of the poor, that is sufficient. If he gathers the food for the entire month and gives it to some of the poor, that is sufficient.
As for if the delay was due to illness and he was unable to fast, then when he became able, he should hasten to make it up, and nothing is required of him except making up the fasts. Yes.

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