After eight days ramdan started and i was not fasting
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pergrant in 2003 and i deliver my son Hamza in
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Answer:
Missed fasts temporary
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 185:
185 Ramadan is the (month) in which was sent
down the Qur'an as a guide to mankind also clear (Signs) for guidance and
judgment (between right and wrong). So
everyone of you who is present (or witnesses) the month should spend it in
fasting but if anyone is ill or on a journey the prescribed period
(should be made up) by days later.
Allah intends every facility for you He does not want to put you to
difficulties. (He wants you) to complete
the prescribed period and to glorify Him in that He has guided you; and
perchance ye shall be grateful.
If one is genuinely ill, or fears that fasting would
aggravate his illness, of if one is pregnant and fears that fasting may effect
the health of the mother or the unborn in any way, etc.; one has been given the
option by the Lord Most Merciful that the believer may leave the fast/s and
make up the missed fasts at a later date/s of their convenience.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 184:
184 (Fasting) for a fixed number of days; but if any of you is ill or on
a journey the prescribed number (should be made up) from days later. For
those who can do it (with hardship) is a ransom the feeding of one that is
indigent. But he that will give
more of his own free will it is better for him and it is better for you that ye
fast if ye only knew.
If one is indulged in a permanent or terminal form of
illness and has absolutely no hope of recovering from that illness whereby one
is unable to even make up the missed fasts at a later date….then the atonement
for such terminally ill believers is the feeding of (at least) one poor
indigent person for each fast missed.
This form of atonement of feeding (at least) one poor person for each
fast missed is only for those who are terminally ill and have no hope of
recovery, and not for the temporarily ill….for the temporarily ill (pregnant
woman, etc.), they are not eligible to atone their missed fasts by feeding the
poor, but they have to make up their missed fasts by fasting on other days of
their convenience.
Your Question:
…..now what i have to do should i fast or give something to poor people.
Dear and Beloved Sister, since you missed the whole month
of obligatory fasting in Ramadan-2003 due to pregnancy or child-birth, your
only form of atonement for those missed fasts would be to fast the exact number
of missed fasts (29 or 30) at any time of the year. You may fast consecutive if you wish, or
alternate days if you wish, or one day a week if you wish…..but you must
complete the exact number of missed fasts by fasting on any days of your
convenience.
The atonement of feeding (at least) one indigent person
for each fast missed is only for those believers who are terminally ill and
have no hope of recovering their health; not for those who are temporarily ill.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister