Making Up Missed Fasts
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What should a woman do if she has about sixty days of fasting to make up for, from two consecutive Ramadans, due to pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding, and she suffers from weakness and a deficiency in vitamins and minerals, and she feels extreme fatigue when she attempts to fast? Can she pay expiation (kaffarah), and what is its amount?
What is the ruling regarding the fasting of a daughter who has reached the age of 12 and Ramadan has commenced, while she still has four days of make-up fasts remaining?
Is it permissible to harbor a single intention for the continuous days of making up the Ramadan fast?
Is it permissible to feed ten poor persons weekly as expiation for an oath, and is the fasting valid if I am unable to feed them, and what kind of food is obligatory, and should I offer the expiatory fasting before making up the missed fasts?
Is it permissible for the husband to break his fast in Ramadan due to the hardship and exhaustion of work? And is expiation (kaffarah) due from him? And must the pregnant wife who broke her fast make up the days (qadaa') in addition to offering expiation?
Is it permissible to pay a monetary expiation for approximately 29 days of missed fasting, and what is its amount, to whom should it be paid, and when?
What is the ruling on forgetting the number of days for the delayed making up of Ramadan fasts, and is expiation (fidyah) obligatory along with not remembering the number of days?
Does the emission of pre-seminal fluid—and subsequent white drops that are possibly semen—due to a lust-inducing phone call while fasting necessitate expiation (kaffarah) or simply making up the missed fast (qadaa'), and is this considered a major sin, and will repentance be accepted for this sin?
What is the method for making up two consecutive Ramadan fasts, given the obligation to fast sixty consecutive days for each day, and is this make-up invalidated by interrupting the fasting?
Is it obligatory to make up for the days one did not fast since puberty due to diabetes, or is fasting desirable (mustahabb) and not obligatory? And is fasting currently difficult given the improved regulation of blood sugar?
Must I fast Ramadan, given that I am pregnant and doctors have warned me against fasting due to gestational diabetes, and that my previous pregnancy ended in fetal death, possibly due to gestational diabetes and fasting? And must I offer expiation for each day I do not fast, or at the end of the month?
What should a daughter who is ill with epilepsy—taking medication every 12 hours, and has missed 4 Ramadans—do, given that fasting takes 15 hours, while the nighttime period is 9 hours? And is she obligated to fast future Ramadans?
Is it permissible to break the fast of a make-up day on behalf of the deceased, or would its ruling be like making up a missed fast for myself?
What is the ruling on delaying the expiation for intercourse during Ramadan for several years, and what is the ruling on intercourse during the daytime in Ramadan while the husband is traveling, and is it permissible to give the expiation for intercourse to a single household that includes ten needy people?
What must a girl do who suspects that she did not fast some days of Ramadan in her childhood due to her ignorance of the obligation to fast, and she did not make up what she missed, knowing that she does not know the number of days she must make up?
What is the ruling regarding someone who doubts whether she made up the missed fasts of the first four years after puberty and does not remember anything? Should she fast the days about which she is uncertain (36 days), or should she disregard this doubt?
What is the ruling regarding someone who did not fast in Ramadan 2017 due to pregnancy, breastfeeding, and iron deficiency, then fasted Ramadan 2018 and began making up missed days (qada') and feeding the poor for each day, then became pregnant again and suffered from iron deficiency, thus being unable to complete the make-up fasts, with Ramadan approaching and her delivery date nearing?
What is the status of a female questioner’s fasting in previous Ramadans during which she was negligent in prayer or delayed its performance? Does she have to make up those fasts due to the nullification of deeds, or are her repentance and making up the prayers sufficient? Is her fasting valid on the days when she did not pray, or must she make it up? What is the ruling on her fasting on days when she masturbated at night or during the day? Does she have to make up those fasts and offer expiation? Is her mother sinful for not compelling her to pray, knowing of her negligence?
Will a person be punished for the sins and shortcomings in worship, abandoning prayer, breaking the fast in Ramadan, harming birds, and committing forbidden acts during adolescence?
Must the questioner make up the day she fasted with the intention of making up (a missed fast) and the six days of Shawwal, given that she was unaware of the impermissibility of combining them, and is she liable for an atonement for delaying (the make-up fast), knowing that she only learned about it in Ramadan and is unsure about her reaching puberty?
Is it permissible to combine the intention of spending on one's family with the intention of expiation for not fasting Ramadan, given the inability to fast due to health reasons and the inability to pay the expiation separately?
What is the ruling on intentionally breaking one's fast in Ramadan?
What is required of one who was negligent in making up days from Ramadan in 2018, and is it necessary to make them up twofold?
What is the ruling on fasting the days missed in Ramadan due to menstruation, knowing that they were already made up on time, and the questioner desires to re-fast them after repentance? And what is the ruling on paying expiation for them, given the inability to fast due to illness? And is it permissible to feed the needy with various types of food instead of only rice?