Is it obligatory for a woman who has abstained from fasting for four years due to a psychological illness (fever and nervous disorder) to make up for the fasts she missed?
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If she leaves the fast of due to inability, she must make up the number of days she missed when she is able, according to the Almighty's saying: "And whoever is ill or on a journey, then [he must fast] an equal number of other days." If her illness and inability to fast are not expected to cease, then she must feed a poor person for each day she missed, equivalent to half a sa' of what her family eats, and she is not required to make up the fast.
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