Is it necessary to resume fasting for expiation, or to restart it from the beginning, when it is interrupted due to illness?
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Breaking the fast due to illness does not interrupt the continuous fasting of expiation, provided that one resumes fasting immediately upon recovery. Otherwise, one must restart the fasting from the beginning.
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