The beginning of fasting: I fasted one day
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The second and fourth questions of Fatwa No. ( 14240 )
Q2: I started fasting when I was about fourteen (14) years old, but in that year—that is, the first year I fasted—I remember that I broke my fast for a number of days that I do not remember, and without a valid religious excuse. Knowing that this problem is common to many others besides me, I ask you, may Allah reward you, to clarify the ruling on
that, and whether I have to make up the days that I missed in that month? Knowing that many years have passed and I have not made them up, and if I do have to make them up, do I have to make up the entire month? Because I do not know the number of days I broke my fast.
A2: It is obligatory for you to make up the number of days you broke your fast in the month of Ramadan, along with repentance and seeking forgiveness, and you should strive to determine the number of days according to your best estimate. You also owe an expiation for each day for delaying the making up of the fast, and the amount of the expiation is: feeding a poor person half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of wheat or dates, or the like of the staple food of the country.
Q2: I started fasting when I was about fourteen (14) years old, but in that year—that is, the first year I fasted—I remember that I broke my fast for a number of days that I do not remember, and without a valid religious excuse. Knowing that this problem is common to many others besides me, I ask you, may Allah reward you, to clarify the ruling on
that, and whether I have to make up the days that I missed in that month? Knowing that many years have passed and I have not made them up, and if I do have to make them up, do I have to make up the entire month? Because I do not know the number of days I broke my fast.
A2: It is obligatory for you to make up the number of days you broke your fast in the month of Ramadan, along with repentance and seeking forgiveness, and you should strive to determine the number of days according to your best estimate. You also owe an expiation for each day for delaying the making up of the fast, and the amount of the expiation is: feeding a poor person half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of wheat or dates, or the like of the staple food of the country.
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