Assalamu Alaikum WaRahmatullahi WaBarakatuh. UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE NUMBER OF FASTS ONE HAS TO MAKE UP : Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: There is a woman who has to make up days from Ramadan, but she is not sure whether it is four days or three. Now she has fasted three days; what does she have to do? He replied: If a person is not sure about how many days he has to make up, then he should go with the lower number. So if a woman or a man is not sure whether she or he has to make up three days or four, then he or she should go by the lower number, because the lower number is more certain and anything more than that is subject to doubt, and in principle, one does not owe any days (except those one is certain about). However, in order to be on the safe side he or she should make up this day about which there is some uncertainty, because if it was obligatory, then the obligation will have been fulfilled, and if it was not obligatory then it will be a voluntary action and Allah, may He be exalted, will not cause the reward of any good deed to be lost. IF ONE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE UP MISSED FASTS BEFORE THE NEXT RAMADAN: *Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: There was a woman who did not fast in Ramadan because of nifaas (postpartum bleeding) and she could not make up the fasts because of breastfeeding, before the next Ramadan came. What does she have to do? He replied: What this woman has to do is fast to make up the days when she did not fast, even if that is after the following Ramadan, because she only refrained from making them up between the first Ramadan and the next because of this excuse. But if it is not difficult for her to make them up during the winter, even if it is day after day, then she has to do that, even if she is breastfeeding. So she should be keen to do as much as she can in order to make up last Ramadan before the next Ramadan comes. But if she cannot do that, there is nothing wrong with delaying it until the next Ramadan comes. End quote. *He (may Allah have mercy on him) was also asked: There is a woman who did not fast the month of Ramadan because of childbirth, and she has not made up that month. That was a long time ago and she is not able to fast. What is the ruling? He replied: What this woman has to do is repent to Allah from what she has done, because it is not permissible for a person to delay making up Ramadan until the next Ramadan comes except for a legitimate shar‘i excuse. So she has to repent, then if she is able to fast, even if it is day after day, then she should fast. If she cannot do that, then she should see: if it is for an ongoing reason, then she should feed one poor person for each day. If it is for a temporary reason that it is hoped will disappear, she should wait until it disappears, then she should make up the days she owes. End quote. If the excuse is temporary and it is hoped that it will come to an end (pregnancy, breastfeeding or sickness), then she has to make it up if she is able to do so. If the excuse is permanent because of chronic sickness for which there is no hope of a cure, then she does not have to make up, but she has to feed one poor person for each day. And Allah knows best. Source: islamqa.info. Binth Basheer Asfiya Bint Mohammed Zainab Sabah Ammara Sohail Farooqui Aqsa Mohammed Noora Saif Bint Khaleel Rabiah Mohammed Jabri Sana H Khan Amyra Ali Saima Aslam Nabeeha Bint Hasan Zeenat Liaqat Ali Zahra Bint Zaki Modesty Meher Amreen Mohd Ayesha Javed Emaan Sahibah Soeba Hameed Sadaf Jabin Nishat Fatima Tasneem Fatima Tafseer Fatima
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