Making Up Missed Fasts
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Can an overdue prayer be made up after sunrise, what is the expiation for the days I missed fasting in Ramadan, and is the Hadith valid: "Whoever breaks their fast for one day in Ramadan, without a valid excuse or illness, that day cannot be made up even if they fast for a lifetime?"
What is the ruling on the fast of one who finds blood in their throat upon waking, tastes it, sometimes spits it out and sometimes does not, with this condition recurring on days of fasting and making up missed fasts?
What should a 36-year-old Muslim woman residing in Europe do, who has not fasted previous Ramadans since her marriage at age 17 due to repeated pregnancies and breastfeeding, then due to a surgical operation and its complications that prevented her from fasting, and she is now remorseful and wishes to atone for what she missed, knowing that she cannot make up for what she missed or fast future Ramadans for health reasons and according to doctors' recommendations? Is it permissible to pay the expiation as a sum of money to charitable organizations in an Islamic country like Saudi Arabia because she does not know any poor people in her country of residence? And how many needy persons must be fed for approximately 20 past years? What is the sufficient amount in US dollars for each needy person? And can she send the appropriate amount to feed the needy in an Islamic country?
Does delaying the wife's making up of the days of Ramadan fasting missed due to menstruation until late Shaaban, out of forgetfulness, constitute a sin?
Is expiation obligatory in addition to making up the days during which one masturbated in the daytime in past Ramadans, and how does one make up those days without knowing their number, and is it permissible to combine the intentions of making up (fasts) and observing a Sunnah (fast) when fasting them?
Is it permissible to combine the intention of making up missed days and expiation for an oath (kaffarat al-yamin) in a single fast?
Can a fibromyalgia patient who was unable to fast for many days in previous Ramadans due to illness and difficult financial circumstances be forgiven for that through seeking forgiveness and giving charity, and by making up only the fasts of the current Ramadan? Is it permissible for her to make up the fasts of the current Ramadan without making up what she missed from previous years? Will her fasting be accepted? Can making up the six days of Shawwal after making up the days of the current Ramadan atone for the fasts of previous years?
What should I do about making up 20 days from the previous Ramadan, knowing that there are 43 days left until the next Ramadan, and my exams are in 40 days, and should I fast them now or postpone them until after Ramadan?
Can the days of fasting to make up a broken oath be considered as days to make up for what one broke in Ramadan?
How should the questioner make up for the days she did not fast after reaching puberty, and must they be consecutive? How should she pay the fidyah for them, and does it have a specific type and weight, and should she pay it as money to a charity or as food to the poor?
Is it permissible not to make up two days of fasting that were broken by mistake, based on the اختلاف المذاهب الفقهية (differences in jurisprudential schools of thought), even though making them up seems to be the correct thing to do in one's inner self?
Is it permissible not to make up for missed fasting days in Ramadan due to the prohibition of the father who provides financial support?
What is the ruling on the fast of one who suffers from severe anemia and a significant drop in blood pressure (8/20), and fasting exhausted her in the past Ramadan?
What is the ruling on making up prayers and fasting for the two days during which menstruation is followed by small spots of blood, knowing that the bleeding usually stops after three days, and is this considered an exaggeration, and how can one distinguish between the end of menstruation and the beginning of the brownish and yellowish discharge?
Is it permissible to offer expiation for fasting on behalf of an elderly man who does not comprehend fasting nor understand its meaning due to illness?
Must I make up for the days I broke my fast in Ramadan due to masturbation, or is feeding a poor person sufficient, given that I suffer from irritable bowel syndrome and feel extreme fatigue when fasting?
Is a sick girl held accountable for not performing her religious obligations and fasting? Is she allowed to refuse marriage and childbirth for fear that her children will not be able to worship?
Is it permissible to read inside graveyards, and does the deceased benefit from the reading of their relative?
What is the ruling regarding a woman who missed days of fasting in Ramadan due to menstruation and was late in making them up until Sha'ban, given her inability to feed a poor person for each day?
What is the ruling on erring in the intention for the beginning and end of the month when fasting a vowed month, and is it valid to fast the compensatory fast intended on the last day of the month by mistake, and is the fast valid?
Does missing one night of Ramadan prayer due to illness cause one to miss out entirely on the reward of forgiveness for having prayed the entire month of Ramadan, and can it be compensated for?
Is a wife who broke her fast in Ramadan due to pregnancy and has not made up the days for over a year required to make up the days and offer expiation?
Is the wife obligated to make up for the expiation of sexual intercourse during the daytime in Ramadan, which occurred 13 years ago, or is it solely the husband's responsibility? What is the ruling on delaying the expiation for all this time? Is the expiation doubled due to the delay? And what is the estimated value of the expiation in Saudi Riyals for feeding a needy person at the present time?
What is the ruling on one who missed days of Ramadan for three consecutive years due to pregnancy, breastfeeding, and a surgical operation, thinking that expiation (kaffarah) abrogates making up (qada'), and does not remember the number of days, knowing that she paid money instead of feeding the poor?