Ruling on the one who delays making up fasts until another Ramadan
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
She has a final question in which she says: Last year, she was unable to fast Ramadan because she was pregnant, and after that, she was unable to make up that month because of breastfeeding, as her health is weak. So what should she do before the entry of this year's Ramadan? Also, there are years that have passed in which she did not make up the days she broke her fast for due to menstruation. So what should she do now as expiation for this? Especially since she does not know the number of those days, and she has fasted some of them, and illness often prevented her from completing the remainder?
Answer:
First, she must fast the remaining days that are due from her, and she should fear Allah in that, along with repentance for what she delayed from the previous Ramadan. She must repent to Allah for the fasting she delayed from before the previous Ramadan.
As for what concerns the last year, the last Ramadan, she must fast it in the remaining days before Ramadan, and she must fast the days that remain due from her from past years, even if it is after Ramadan [Al-Taghabun: 16]. And she must feed a poor person for each day, a poor person for each day of the previous fasting before last year's Ramadan; because delaying beyond the upcoming Ramadan obligates the fidyah (ransom payment) according to the correct opinion. So what was before the previous Ramadan, she makes it up with the fidyah, and what was from the recent previous Ramadan, it is made up without fidyah. The Ramadan of the year 1403, this is made up without fidyah.
As for what was before that of the Ramadans, she makes it up with the fidyah, half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of dates or rice for each day, given to some of the poor, collected and given to some of the needy.
As for the fact that she does not remember the days, she must seek the most likely truth.
The presenter: Does she strive in the number?
The Shaykh: She strives, and acts according to her most likely estimate regarding the days that are due from her, along with repentance and seeking forgiveness for the delay that occurred without an excuse for her. As for what she was excused for due to illness or breastfeeding, there is no fidyah on her. If she delayed due to an illness or breastfeeding that makes fasting difficult for her, she is excused, and nothing is required of her, there is no fidyah on her. But if she was negligent and delayed without an excuse, this is where the fidyah applies.
The presenter: If she has remaining days from last year's Ramadan to after this current Ramadan, does she just make them up, or does she make them up and pay the fidyah?
The Shaykh: As mentioned before, if it was before last year's Ramadan, meaning from the Ramadan of 1402, or the Ramadan of 1401, or something similar, she makes it up and pays the fidyah, unless she was excused, by delaying due to breastfeeding, due to illness and inability to make it up, then she has only the making up, no fidyah on her; because she is excused.
But if she was negligent, delayed out of negligence and laziness, then she has, along with the making up, repentance, and she has, along with the making up, the fidyah as well, half a sa' of dates or rice for each day, approximately one and a half kilograms, given to the poor and needy for the delay that occurred, along with the making up. As for what was from this year's Ramadan, the year 1403, there is no fidyah in it, she makes it up now in these days, and praise be to Allah.
The presenter: The fidyah is permissible to be collected according to the number of days she broke her fast...
The Shaykh: Yes, and it is given to some of the poor.
The presenter: And it is given, in one lump sum?
The Shaykh: Yes, in one lump sum, yes.
She has a final question in which she says: Last year, she was unable to fast Ramadan because she was pregnant, and after that, she was unable to make up that month because of breastfeeding, as her health is weak. So what should she do before the entry of this year's Ramadan? Also, there are years that have passed in which she did not make up the days she broke her fast for due to menstruation. So what should she do now as expiation for this? Especially since she does not know the number of those days, and she has fasted some of them, and illness often prevented her from completing the remainder?
Answer:
First, she must fast the remaining days that are due from her, and she should fear Allah in that, along with repentance for what she delayed from the previous Ramadan. She must repent to Allah for the fasting she delayed from before the previous Ramadan.
As for what concerns the last year, the last Ramadan, she must fast it in the remaining days before Ramadan, and she must fast the days that remain due from her from past years, even if it is after Ramadan
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْAs for what was before that of the Ramadans, she makes it up with the fidyah, half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of dates or rice for each day, given to some of the poor, collected and given to some of the needy.
As for the fact that she does not remember the days, she must seek the most likely truth.
The presenter: Does she strive in the number?
The Shaykh: She strives, and acts according to her most likely estimate regarding the days that are due from her, along with repentance and seeking forgiveness for the delay that occurred without an excuse for her. As for what she was excused for due to illness or breastfeeding, there is no fidyah on her. If she delayed due to an illness or breastfeeding that makes fasting difficult for her, she is excused, and nothing is required of her, there is no fidyah on her. But if she was negligent and delayed without an excuse, this is where the fidyah applies.
The presenter: If she has remaining days from last year's Ramadan to after this current Ramadan, does she just make them up, or does she make them up and pay the fidyah?
The Shaykh: As mentioned before, if it was before last year's Ramadan, meaning from the Ramadan of 1402, or the Ramadan of 1401, or something similar, she makes it up and pays the fidyah, unless she was excused, by delaying due to breastfeeding, due to illness and inability to make it up, then she has only the making up, no fidyah on her; because she is excused.
But if she was negligent, delayed out of negligence and laziness, then she has, along with the making up, repentance, and she has, along with the making up, the fidyah as well, half a sa' of dates or rice for each day, approximately one and a half kilograms, given to the poor and needy for the delay that occurred, along with the making up. As for what was from this year's Ramadan, the year 1403, there is no fidyah in it, she makes it up now in these days, and praise be to Allah.
The presenter: The fidyah is permissible to be collected according to the number of days she broke her fast...
The Shaykh: Yes, and it is given to some of the poor.
The presenter: And it is given, in one lump sum?
The Shaykh: Yes, in one lump sum, yes.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.
