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A woman broke her fast 20 years ago because of breastfeeding
A woman did not fast an entire month of Ramadan because she was breastfeeding her baby. This happened about 20 years ago. The woman has not yet made up for that month even though she is in good health. She is willing to make up for the month and asks what to do?
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Failing To Fast Out of Ignorance
My mother has not fasted for thirty years. She has been suffering from a chronic disease for twenty-three years. As for the remaining seven years, she did not fast during that time out of ignorance and carelessness. Now, she is still sick. How can she clear herself of her obligations before Allaah?
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Missed Ramadan Fasts To Be Made Up Before Vowed Fast
What should be observed first: vowed fasting or making up missed Ramadan fasts?
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Permissible to Make Up for Missed Ramadan Fasts Separately but Consecutiveness Is Better
If a woman broke her fast in Ramadan with a valid excuse, is it obligatory for her to make up for the days that she missed consecutively or can she do that separately, according to her ability?
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Forgetfulness does not break consecutiveness of two-month expiation fast
Someone who is fasting two consecutive months as an expiation for accidental killing broke his fast one day out of forgetfulness. Should he resume the required period of fasting or start the fast all over again?
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It Is Not Prohibited To Fast Obligatory Fasts During The Second Half of Sha‘baan.
Ramadan is two weeks away and my question is the following: if I have to fast as an expiation for breaking an oath, is it permissible to fast on the following days (the second half of Sha‘baan)?
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Making up for the days missed in Ramadan because of pregnancy, post partum bleeding, and then suckling
My wife has missed some days last Ramadan and she has delivered a baby shortly before this Ramadan came? What should she do, and how can she make up for the days that she has to make up for?
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Consecutiveness In Making Up Missed Fasts: Obligatory or Recommended?
I have a specific plan in mind for making up for the months of Ramadan that I failed to fast during my early youth. In fact, I plan to fast a number of months, which may be six or seven, in succession in one year's time. I believe that I am physically able to do this. Is this permissible, given the fact that I am making up for obligatory, not voluntary,.. More
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Being Ignorant About The Obligation of Making Up Missed Fasts
My mother was 15 when she delivered her baby. That was in Ramadan, and she refrained from fasting for the whole month. She did not make up for that until now. She is now 30 and she is regretful. In fact, she was ignorant about matters of religion back then. Does she have to offer an expiation, and what should she do about the month that she failed to.. More
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One should fast for such a number of days as he believes sufficient for clearing his liability
As you definitely know, if a Muslim misses days of fasting in Ramadan, then he must make up later for the days that he has missed. Also, as you know, the age of puberty starts at 18. I have not fasted a single Ramadan since I reached the age of puberty and, unfortunately, I cannot remember how many days I have failed to fast since I was 18 onwards... More
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Delaying making up fasts until after the next Ramadan due to hardship
Assalamu Alaikum, during the two pregnancies, breast-feeding and brief illness of my small sons in the past decade, I had lost about 70 Ramadan fasts in all. My husband had always paid the fidya each year in time as and when I was unable to fast and it was our understanding at that time that this was sufficient, hence we didn't try to make up for the.. More
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Making up fasts for women with successive pregnancies
As-salaamu 3laikum. I have read all of your fataawa about the cases in which a pregnant or breastfeeding is excused from fasting and the different opinions about what she needs to do if she doesn't fast. However, I am confused about one thing. What happens in the case of a woman who has a number of children in close succession, so that there is no gap.. More
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She broke her fast one day in Ramadan due to extreme anger
I had a cousin who drinked water in this last Ramadhan because her children drove her mad and she had seriously problems and she couldn't speak she choked so she was have to drink , but she continued her fast after drinking , and now she wondeing what she should do?! Jazakm Allah khayr
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He missed fasts while he was young and did not make up for them until he grew old
My seventy-year-old father is retired and religiously committed. When he was young, however, he lived in a foreign country, to which he travelled while being young, and he stayed there until becoming a young man. He stayed there for seven years and returned when he was 25 years. He did not observe fasting of Ramadan in that western country for four.. More
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Effects of interrupting fasts intended for making up missed obligatory fasts
Is it true that if one intends to make up a day he missed and then breaks his fast during this day without having a valid excuse for this, then he has to make up for two days instead of the day in which he has intended to fast but fails to do? Please note that that person broke his original fast during Ramadan for a valid excuse... More
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