Must a woman who has become unable to fulfill a vow to fast six days of Shawwal after 25 years of commitment offer an expiation for an oath every year or only once?
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A vow of obedience must be fulfilled. The ruling concerning a vowed fast is the same as that of an obligatory fast in . So, whoever is permanently unable to perform it due to old age or chronic illness, then it transitions to expiation (), whereby they feed one poor person for each day.
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