Making Up Missed Fasts
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How can one make up for missed fasts from over ten years ago, with regret and not knowing their exact number?
What is the ruling on making up 11 days of Ramadan that were not fasted due to illness, given the differing opinions of doctors regarding the possibility of fasting now?
Is it obligatory to make up for the missed days of fasting in Ramadan for someone who reached puberty and was unaware of the obligation to make them up, while not remembering the number of missed days?
Is it permissible to give money to the needy instead of fasting the remaining six days of the past Ramadan's make-up fast, or is it obligatory to fast them?
Is it permissible for a severely and chronically ill person, who takes medications that cause intense thirst and hunger, to break their fast in Ramadan?
Am I sinful for breaking my fast in Ramadan based on the nurse's advice, knowing that injections do not break the fast?
Does one who fasts six days of Shawwal in Dhu al-Qi'dah attain its special reward?
Is it obligatory for a sick person who has recovered after an illness that caused her severe thirst due to medication to fast for the missed Ramadan, knowing that she is still taking thirst-inducing medications three times a day, and her illness is chronic but interspersed with periods of remission?
What is the ruling regarding someone who woke up after the Fajr Adhan, did not have suhoor, and does not know whether she intended to fast for a missed day (qada') or not? And should she fast or not?
Is it obligatory to make up for the days of Ramadan in chronological order (for example, the year 1440 then 1439), and does the fast become void by making up for one Ramadan before making up for another?
Will my sister be sinful for delaying the making up of her fasting for two Ramadans due to scrupulosity, or will she not be sinful because she did not intentionally delay it?
Is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory for one who broke her fast during Ramadan for several days due to menstruation, then made up those days after Ramadan without knowing that expiation was obligatory, and she does not remember the number of days she needs to make up? And if expiation is obligatory, would it be by paying 15 Riyals for each day, or is there another method?
Is it permissible to fast on separate days to make up for missed Ramadan fasts?
What is the ruling on making up missed prayers and fasts when their number is unknown? And is sincere repentance sufficient along with increasing supererogatory acts? And is fasting Ramadan valid if one abandons prayer? And what is the most cautious approach for one's responsibility?
Is it permissible to consider money paid to feed 30 people as expiation for a wife not fasting, if it was used to buy pepper soup instead of real food due to the availability of sufficient foodstuffs, and is this soup considered food?
Is it permissible to feed the poor in lieu of the missed fasts during menstruation in previous years, which I was unaware needed to be made up, especially since I am not physically able to fast them now? And if it is permissible, how should the feeding be done given that the number of days is unknown?
Is it obligatory for the wife to make up the days of postpartum bleeding (nifas) and breastfeeding that she missed in two consecutive Ramadans, knowing that a poor person was fed for each day?
How do we prepare for Ramadan, and what are the best deeds for this blessed month?
Is a woman required to first fast the days she missed in Ramadan due to menstruation, and then follow that with fasting six days of Shawwal, or vice versa?
What is the ruling on a girl aged twelve or thirteen who does not fast Ramadan? And is there anything upon her or her family? And should she fast, and if she does not, is there anything upon her?
Is it incumbent upon me to fast or offer expiation, after I fell ill for four consecutive years and did not fast?
Must I make up for the fasting only, or is there something else I must do, given that I broke my fast for three days in Ramadan when I was 13 years old and had not yet reached puberty, and I just remembered this now that I am 16 years old?
What is the legal evidence from the Qur’an or Sunnah for the obligation upon a mature girl to make up the days she missed in Ramadan?
What should a woman do who has recovered from an illness that prevented her from fasting, and she broke her fast for 180 days while also paying the fidya (expiatory feeding)? Should she make up the missed fasts, or does the fidya suffice for them?