REDEEMING THE MISSED FASTS
Q. What situations if and when they arise,
make it necessary for a person to redeem the missed fast at a large stage?
The situations are as follows:
i. Missing commanded or ordained fasts which
have stipulation of time attachment with them;
ii. Missing fasts under some valid excuse;
iii. Intentional of unintentional break in the
middle of a fast due to one exigency or the other.
Anyone of the above mentioned situations
shall make it necessary for a person to redeem a missed fast at a larger stage.
Q. When must one redeem the missed fast?
He must do it in the first available
convenience. Delaying the redemption of such fasts without a valid excuse is
undesirable.
Q. Is it necessary to redeem all the fasts
missed by a person in one continuation?
No, we are free either to keep such fasts
in one continuation or with gaps in between.
Q. What should one do in the event of the
approach of the next Ramadhan while fasts missed in a previous Ramadhan have
not been redeemed so far?
In this case fasts for the month in
progress must be completed first. Those missed in the past may wait till the
conclusion of the month.
Q. What is the injunction in Shariah about a
Nafl fast broken by a person in the middle?
It is ordained to redeem these fasts at a
later date. It is because even Nafl fasts and prayers become ordained once they
are started.
Q. What must one do if one does not have
strength enough to redeem the missed fasts?
If a person being too old is not able to
fast at all or he is so seriously ill as to have no chances of survival, Fidyah
(compensation money) for the same may be given.
Q. How much compensation money is to be
given for a missed fast?
A quarter short of two seers of wheat or
double this measure of barley or an equivalent amount of any other foodgrain
eg. rice, millet etc., is the compensation for each missed fast.
The same amount of compensation holds
good for each commanded prayer missed. But resort to compensation for Salat
should not be taken to unless one is no longer in a position to say it even by
the sign of the head. If a person is not in a position even to say it by sign
till his death or more than six prayers have elapsed in this state, Salat is no
more a commanded for him. So, the provision for the compensation of Salat is
like this that if missed Salats relate to a period when one had the ability to
say them, compensation in the event of death may be paid only in respect of
such Salats.
Q. Is it permissible for one person to fast
on behalf of another person who missed a certain number of commanded fasts and
died without redeeming them?
No, fasting by another man will not
absolve the dead person of his accountability. The surviving member of the
family can nevertheless pay the compensation money for him.
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