Is expiation obligatory for one who delayed making up days from Ramadan due to masturbation, and another Ramadan began, knowing that he is lax in making them up?
If a person is not certain that masturbation occurred during a day, then they are not required to make up for it, because the default is that the action did not occur and that the worship is valid. Doubt about an act of worship after its completion does not affect it, and it is not advisable to make up for it as a precaution, lest it lead to obsessive thoughts.
However, if one is certain that a fast-breaking act occurred, then if the delay in making up for it was due to a hardship considered valid by , no expiation for the delay is required. But if the delay was merely due to ordinary tiredness and laziness, then expiation for the delay is required, and it does not repeat with the repetition of years.
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