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Is it necessary to make up any of the days that the questioner intended to fast with the intention of making up for Ramadan, despite her fear of not having specified the intention, or the days that she intended to break her fast but did not, or the days when she felt pink discharge preceding her period?

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If the intention for fasting is formed at its proper time, then the fast is originally sound and is not invalidated merely by doubt about the intention to break the fast, or by doubt about whether what descended was menstruation or not. A mere thought of breaking the fast does not affect the fast. However, if there was a firm intention to break the fast contingent on something, then it is more cautious to make up that day. As for the days when discharges that were not menstruation occurred, there is no need to make them up, because menstruation is the flow of blood and not merely pain, and it does not last less than a day and a night. And it is not a condition for the intention to be uttered verbally.

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