What is the religious ruling on fasting the entire month of Ramadan without breaking the fast during menstruation out of ignorance, or breaking the fast on some days of Ramadan due to intercourse before Fajr or intercourse during fasting out of ignorance, or breaking the fast for an entire month due to childbirth? Will Allah forgive what has passed, and can a Muslim woman start anew after these sins?

Firstly: Fasting days during menstruation is not valid and must be made up. If you do not know their number, then fast what you believe is sufficient to absolve you.

Secondly: Intercourse during fasting in Ramadan, if it was not coerced, necessitates repentance and making up the fasts without expiation.

Thirdly: Not fasting days when intercourse occurred before Fajr due to lack of time for ghusl is a mistake, and those days must be made up. Purity from major ritual impurity is not a condition for fasting.

Fourthly: Not fasting the entire month due to postpartum bleeding (nifas) carries no sin, and those days must be made up. The same applies to a breastfeeding woman who breaks her fast out of fear for herself or her infant. However, breaking the fast on days after becoming pure from nifas necessitates making up the fast and repentance.

Fifthly: Making up prayers for days of menstruation is not obligatory, and what you did in this regard, we hope will be written for you as a supererogatory act.

Sixthly: Allah the Almighty is merciful to His servants. So strive to make up the days you owe, and repent with sincere repentance. Allah accepts it even if you die before completing the make-up fasts, as long as your intention is sincere.