Is fasting for an entire month by a woman who made a vow valid, even though she fasted before the beginning of the month and made up for her menstruation days before its end out of ignorance?
If you vowed to fast a specific month, you are obligated to fast it. If you vowed to fast an unspecified month, then fasting any month suffices. If you did not stipulate consecutive fasting, the majority of scholars hold that it is not obligatory, but you are required to fast thirty separate days. If you begin fasting from the beginning of the month, fasting a lunar month suffices for you. If you begin fasting during the middle of the month, then according to the majority of scholars, you are obligated to complete thirty days. Therefore, if you vowed to fast an unspecified month, you must fast thirty days, and they do not have to be consecutive. What you have already fasted of them counts, and you must complete what remains. What you fasted in Jumada al-Akhira with the intention of making up for it is sufficient for you, and your obligation is discharged. If you vowed to fast a month that includes days of menstruation, and then you fasted thirty-one days excluding the days of menstruation, your obligation is discharged thereby, provided you intended to fast the month excluding the days of menstruation.
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