by Asma bint Shameem
Do you have any fasts left over from last Ramadhaan that you need to make up?
It could be due to ANY reason like sisters’ monthly issues, or due to sickness or travel.
If you do, then quickly make them up in this month of Sha’baan before it’s over.
That’s because it is not permissible to delay making up the fasts before the next Ramadhaan.
🍃 Our Mother Aaishah radhi Allaahu anhaa said:
“I used to have fasts that I still owed from Ramadhaan, and I could not make them up until Sha’baan, and that was because of the position of the Messenger Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam [as a husband].”
(al-Bukhaari, Muslim)
🍃 Al-Haafiz said:
“It may be understood from her keenness to fast them in Sha’baan that it is not permissible to delay making up fasts until the next Ramadhaan begins.”
Whoever had an excuse for not making up the fasts until next Ramadhaan, such as sickness, pregnancy, or some hardship, etc is not to blame.
But whoever did not make up the fasts without any excuse before next Ramadhaan is sinful.
You see, it’s like delaying the Salaah until the time for the next prayer.
And some of the scholars even say that if you don’t make up the fasts before next Ramadhaan then you must repent and even feed a poor person for each day of fasting that you missed.
🍃Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said:
“The qadā (making up the missed fasts) is an obligation because it is a debt he is responsible for that he has not fulfilled, so he must fulfil it. As for feeding the poor for each day, then that is because he delayed making up the fast within the given time (i.e. before the following Ramadhaan).
Therefore, he feeds a poor person for each day that he missed ―and this is the madhhab of Imaam Ahmad and Imaam Malik.”
🍃 The ulama said:
“According to the majority it is not permissible to delay making up missed Ramadhaan fasts until the next Ramadhaan with no excuse, because of this hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah radhi Allaahu anhaa.”(al-Mawsoo’ah al-Fiqhiyyah (28/76)
So take advantage of the month of Sha’baan and FINISH your fasting from last year.
QUESTION?
But wait a second.
Didn’t the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam FORBID us from fasting in the second half of Sha’baan❓
🌿 ANSWER🌿
It’s true that the Prophet sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam said:
“When Sha’baan is halfway through, do not fast.”
(Abu Dawood, at-Tirmidhi - saheeh by al-Albaani)
This is a GENERAL prohibition and it’s DISCOURAGED to fast in the second half of Sha’baan for a person who’s not used to fasting, in case he becomes weak before Ramadhaan starts.
However, there are EXCEPTIONS to this prohibition such as:
- if a person is in the HABIT of fasting regularly like Mondays and Thursdays etc
- if a person has to MAKE UP a missed fast
In these situations it’s ALLOWED for us to fast in the second half of Sha’baan so that we can quickly make up any obligatory fasts that we may owe before the next Ramadhaan comes up.
🍃Imaam an-Nawawi said regarding this issue:
“If a person has to make up a day from Ramadhaan, then he has to fast it, because the time left for him to make it up has become very short.” (al-Majmoo’ (6/399)
You see, the obligatory fasts are a kind of DEBT that we owe our Rabb, Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala.
Isn’t it better to RETURN the DEBT to the LENDER as soon as possible?
So go ahead.
CLEAR your DEBT.
Make up any days that you have leftover before the upcoming Ramadhaan, while there’s still TIME...even if you have to fast in the last two weeks of Sha’baan.
And Allaah knows best.
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