The ruling on one who breaks the fast in Ramadan intentionally without a valid legal excuse
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Question:
The following message is from one of the female listeners. The sender (S. S. F) says: Our sister has two questions. In her first question, she says: Five years ago, during the blessed month of Ramadan, I broke the fast for four days, and I had no excuse other than fatigue. My question is: Is it obligatory for me to make up the fast? Do I have to pay an expiation? And what is it? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes, three things are required of you:
The first thing: repentance to Allah the Exalted, and regret for the shortcoming and breaking the fast without right that you did; if you broke the fast because of menstruation, there is no blame on you, but you must repent to Allah for the delay; because you delayed making up the fast, and it is obligatory to make it up before the Ramadan following the one in which you broke the fast.
So you must repent to Allah the Exalted for this delay, or for breaking the fast without an excuse if you broke it without an excuse. Repentance is necessary for every sin. It is regret for the past sin, abandoning it, and the sincere resolve that the servant will not return to it. This is repentance.
And you must also make up the four days; because Allah said: [al-Baqarah:185] And if one who is not sick and not traveling breaks the fast, then it is even more necessary that he make it up, and he must repent to Allah.
And a third thing: feeding a poor person half a sa' for each day, meaning: approximately one and a half kilograms of dates, or wheat, or rice, or other staple food of the country. Half a sa' for each day means: two sa' by the sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). It is given to some of the poor, and even one poor person is sufficient. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is the one we ask to forgive us and you, and to guide us and you and the rest of the Muslims.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good and benefit through you.
The following message is from one of the female listeners. The sender (S. S. F) says: Our sister has two questions. In her first question, she says: Five years ago, during the blessed month of Ramadan, I broke the fast for four days, and I had no excuse other than fatigue. My question is: Is it obligatory for me to make up the fast? Do I have to pay an expiation? And what is it? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes, three things are required of you:
The first thing: repentance to Allah the Exalted, and regret for the shortcoming and breaking the fast without right that you did; if you broke the fast because of menstruation, there is no blame on you, but you must repent to Allah for the delay; because you delayed making up the fast, and it is obligatory to make it up before the Ramadan following the one in which you broke the fast.
So you must repent to Allah the Exalted for this delay, or for breaking the fast without an excuse if you broke it without an excuse. Repentance is necessary for every sin. It is regret for the past sin, abandoning it, and the sincere resolve that the servant will not return to it. This is repentance.
And you must also make up the four days; because Allah said:
and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other days
وَمَنْ كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَAnd a third thing: feeding a poor person half a sa' for each day, meaning: approximately one and a half kilograms of dates, or wheat, or rice, or other staple food of the country. Half a sa' for each day means: two sa' by the sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). It is given to some of the poor, and even one poor person is sufficient. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is the one we ask to forgive us and you, and to guide us and you and the rest of the Muslims.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good and benefit through you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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