Darul Ifta Ibn Masood

Is one required to renew the 60 fasts from the beginning?

Published as Day of Eid falls in between Kaffarah fasts

· 21 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1444 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

A person is keeping Kaffarah fasts and the day of Eid ul Adha falls in between. Is one required to renew the 60 fasts from the beginning?

Answer

One will have to commence with the Kaffarah once again from the very beginning after Eid-ul-Adha.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

إذَا كَفَّرَ بِالصِّيَامِ وَأَفْطَرَ يَوْمًا بِعُذْرِ مَرَضٍ أَوْ سَفَرٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْتَأْنِفُ الصَّوْمَ وَكَذَا لَوْ جَاءَ يَوْمُ الْفِطْرِ أَوْ يَوْمُ النَّحْرِ أَوْ أَيَّامُ التَّشْرِيقِ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْتَأْنِفُ الصَّوْمَ فَإِنْ صَامَ هَذِهِ الْأَيَّامَ وَلَمْ يُفْطِرْ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْتَأْنِفُ أَيْضًا كَذَا فِي الْجَوْهَرَةِ النَّيِّرَةِ.

(الفتاوى الهندية 1/512)

Answered by
Maulana Abdul Kader Fazlani
Checked & approved by
Mufti Mohammed Desai
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