Previous years qadha fasts and kaffara for breaking a fast intentionally

· 2 Shaʻban 1434 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

As Ramadhaan is nearing so I thought of covering up all my Qadha roza but I don't have the exact count of the Qadha roza. What should I do in this case? Also I have Qadha roza of the previous few years and I don't remember how many they are.

I had once broken my fast when I was young but baaligh, but I did not know that it was a major sin. How do I cover up for that?

Answer

You should to the best of your ability try to remember how many fast you had missed during the previous Ramadhaans and immediately start keeping qadhaa of those missed fasts.

The fast that you had broken during the month of Ramadhaan, if it was through eating or drinking intentionally, besides the qadha of the broken fast you will have to fast for two consecutive lunar months.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

ولو أكل أو شرب ما يتغذى به أو ما يداوى به فعليه القضاء والكفارة وقال الشافعي رحمه الله لا كفارة عليه لأنها شرعت في الوقاع بخلاف القياس لارتفاع الذنب بالتوبة فلا يقاس عليه غيره ولنا أن الكفارة تعلقت بجناية الإفطار في رمضان على وجه الكمال وقد تحققت وبإيجاب الإيمان تكفيرا عرف أن التوبة غير مكفرة لهذه الجناية (هداية 1/219)

خاتمة من لا يدري كمية الفوائت يعمل بأكبر رأيه فإن لم يكن له رأي يقض حتى يتيقن أنه لم يبق عليه شيء ومن قضى صلاة عمره مع أنه لم يفته شيء منها احتياطا قيل يكره وقيل لا لأن كثيرا من السلف قد فعل ذلك لكن لا يقضي في وقت تكره فيه النافلة والأفضل أن يقرأ في الأخيرتين السورة مع الفاتحة لأنها نوافل من وجه فلأن يقرأ الفاتحة والسورة في أربع الفرض على احتماله أولى من أن يدع الواجب في النفل ويقنت في الوتر ويقعد قدر التشهد في ثالثته ثم يصلي ركعة رابعة فإن كان وترا فقد أداه وإن لم يكن فقد صلى التطوع أربعا ولا يضره القعود وكذا يصلي المغرب أربعا بثلاث قعدات والاشتغال بقضاء الفوائت أولى وأهم من النوافل إلا السنة المعروفة وصلاة الضحى وصلاة التسبيح والصلاة التي وردت في الأخبار فتلك بنية النفل وغيرها بنية القضاء كذا في المضمرات عن الظهيرية (طحطاوي على مراقي الفلاح ص290)

Answered by
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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