- What is the ruling on forgetting to fast a day from the previous Ramadan, and can the matter be rectified? - What is the ruling on a woman who broke her fast in Ramadan after intending to fast, due to her husband having intercourse with her while she was willing, and does she have to make up for two months of fasting? - Is it obligatory to give the fidyah for a new-born in Ramadan in the country where the Muslim lives or in his original homeland? - What is the ruling on someone who did not fast Ramadan in 2010 and paid fidyah for it in 2011, and has not yet fasted it in 2012 due to health conditions, and is he required to pay a new fidyah?
Days of Ramadan that are owed must be made up. Along with making them up, it is obligatory to feed one indigent person for each day of delay if the makeup is delayed until the entry of the subsequent Ramadan without a valid excuse. As for breaking the fast during a makeup fast, if it occurs after one has commenced the fast, it is obligatory to complete it, and it is not permissible to abandon it. There is no expiation (kaffara) for someone who intentionally breaks a makeup fast for Ramadan. The more correct view is that it is not obligatory to make up the day of the makeup fast that was broken; rather, only the original day needs to be made up. It is permissible to give the fidyah (expiatory feeding) in a country other than the one where it became obligatory. As for breaking the fast in Ramadan due to health conditions, it is not sufficient to merely feed the indigent if the excuse is no longer present; rather, the fast must be made up, along with the fidyah for delay if the delay was without a valid excuse. If the delay in making up the fast recurs for successive Ramadans, the preponderant view is that the fidyah does not recur.
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