I am 24 years old, and I owe many days when I broke the fast in Ramadanand I have not fasted them. What I mean is: I did not fast due to circumstances for 8 days each year from the age of 12 to the age of 24. And I swore many vows to Allah, saying that I would never do that again, but I did not fast. I am in poor health and fasting exhausts me. I am able to fast Ramadan but I do notknow what I should do with regard to the days I owe, and I do not have any income with which tofeed the poor; my family are the ones who spend on me. I hope you can help me. I worked it out and found that I have to offer more than 100 fasts other than in Ramadan, and this is very difficult for me because of my health.
Praise be to Allah.
Firstly:
You should realize that Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, has enjoined fasting Ramadan upon Hisslaves, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):
“O you who believe! Observing As-Saum (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqoon (the pious)”
[al-Baqarah 2:183].
And He has forbidden not fasting, except for those who have legitimate shar‘i excuses, such as those who are sick, travellers and menstruating women. Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of themeaning):
“and whoever is ill or on ajourney, the same number(of days which one did not observe Sawm (fasts) must be made up) from other days”
[al-Baqarah 2:185].
Secondly:
It is not clear from your question what the excuse is for which you have stopped fasting in Ramadan, but one of two scenarios must apply:
1. That it is because of alegitimate shar‘i excuse such as menses, sickness, travel and the like, for which Allah has permitted breaking the fast. In that case there is no sin on youfor not fasting, because it is breaking the fast for a legitimate reason according to sharee‘ah. But you should have made up those days and not delayed it until the next Ramadan came without you having madeup what you owed from the previous Ramadan.
Based on that, you have to repent from what you have done and make up those days that are required from you. They do not have to be done consecutively; you can divide them however you want so that it will not betoo difficult for you. You also have to feed one poor person for each day, because you delayed making up the days you owed until the next Ramadan came. If you do not have anything with which to feed poor persons or to offer as expiation, then you do not have to do anything.
2. That there was no legitimate shar‘i excuse for it, and it was carelessness or negligenceon your part. If a person breaks the fast in Ramadan deliberately, with no shar‘i excuse, then it must be one of two things:
(i) He did not fastat all on one or more daysduring Ramadan, so he did not start to fast in the first place. In this case he is sinning by not fasting, and he has to repent but he does not have to makeit up according to some ofthe scholars, because if a person deliberately delaysacts of worship that are connected to a particular time until that time is over, Allah will never accept them, and there is no benefit in making them up. What he has to do is repent from what hedid of transgressing the limits set by Allah, may Hebe glorified and exalted. All he has to do is repent sincerely and do a lot of good and righteous deeds.
(ii) He started to fast one day in Ramadan, then broke the fast duringthe day, deliberately and with no excuse. In this case, he has to repent to Allah and make up that day.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy onhim) was asked about theruling on breaking the fast during the day in Ramadan with no excuse.
He replied:
Breaking the fast during the day in Ramadan with no excuse is a major sin and the one who does that is regarded as a faasiq (rebellious evildoer). He has to repentto Allah and make up thatday. That is, if he starts to fast and during the day hebreaks the fast with no excuse, then he has incurred sin, and he has tomake up that day when he broke the fast, becausewhen he started it, it became binding upon himto complete it, and he started it on the basis thatit was obligatory. Therefore he has to make it up, like a vow.
But if he deliberately did not fast at all with no excuse, then the more correct view is that he does not have to make it up, because it will not benefit him at all, as it will never be accepted from him. The basic principle with regard to the act of worship that is connected to a specific time is that if it is delayeduntil that specific time hasended with no excuse, it will not be accepted, because :->
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