What is the ruling on one who broke their fast for two years in Ramadan due to ignorance of the beginning of the month, and is now unable to make up the fasting?
Whoever is uncertain about the months during must investigate and strive to determine the month, and he must ask if possible. It is not permissible for him to abandon fasting for two years under the pretext of ignorance. Your father must fast two months as make-up, along with repentance and seeking forgiveness. The majority of scholars hold that it is obligatory to feed one poor person for each day he missed due to negligence, in addition to making up the fasts. If he is unable to make up the fasts due to illness or old age, then along with repentance, he must feed one poor person for each day, and it is more cautious to feed two poor persons for each day.
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