How can a woman make up for the days of fasting she missed due to menstruation since puberty, especially since she does not remember the exact number of days to be made up, and how does she determine the amount of expiation (kaffarah) due, and does the expiation multiply by delaying the make-up for many years?
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1. A woman must repent and make up for all the days of Ramadan she missed after puberty. If she does not know the number of days, she should fast until she is reasonably sure that she has made up what she owes.
2. If she knew the obligation to make up the fast before the next Ramadan began and delayed it without a valid excuse, then in addition to making up the fast, she must feed a poor person for each day. However, if she did not know, then she only needs to make up the fast.
3. If expiation (kaffarah) is due upon her, it does not multiply with the passing of years; rather, it remains a single expiation.
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