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Asak brother

 
Jzk for advice. Please clarify do we feed the poor during ramadan or after?

Also what can one do when one feels picked on allot how does one react?

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Answer:

When to atone for missed fast

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.

Your Question: …please clarify do we feed the poor during ramadan or after?

One is at liberty to atone for the missed fast the very day or the next day, if one so wills and pleases, or at any other time of the year. This atonement would remain a debt unto Allah until one fulfills it, and the sooner one fulfills it the better.

Your Question: ….also what can one do when one feels picked on alot how does one react?

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 25 Surah Furqaan Verse 63:

63 And the servants of (Allah) Most Gracious are those who walk on the earth in humility and when the ignorant address them they say "Peace!"

If some ignorant one picks on you or mocks or ridicules you only because you are unable to fulfill your obligation of fasts due to a genuine illness, the best you can and should do is absolutely ignore the absurd remarks of such ignorant people and say ‘Peace’ unto them, or say ‘Allah-Yahdeek’ (May Allah Guide you)…..that would more than suffice for them.

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