What are the evidences of the obligation of kaffarah (atonement) for fasting?
Submitted by on Thu, 09/05/2019 - 11:59
Dear Brother / Sister,
Kaffarah (atonement) for breaking fasting in Ramadan
The following is stated in the Quran:
"... Make not vain your deeds." (Muhammad, 47/33)
It is a sin to break fasting that is fard without a legitimate excuse. The Prophet (pbuh) states the following:
"If a person breaks fasting in Ramadan, it is necessary for him what is necessary for a person who commits zihar." (Ibnul Humam, Fathul-Qadir, II/70)
Thus, a person who breaks fasting deliberately in Ramadan has to perform fasting two months on end. It is fard for him. In addition, he has to perform the fasting he broke as qada.
"Kaffarah is not in question for nafilah fasting (fasting that is not fard). It is a sin to break fard fasting in Ramadan and it is not regarded the same as nafilah fasting." (Marghinani, I/125)
Questions on Islam
- What a fasting person should do as a Kaffarah (Atonement) when he/she does one of the things that invalidate the fast?
- Is the fasting of a person who does not intend for missed Ramadan fasting with his heart or tongue until imsak time but intends later until noon valid?
- Is it permissible for a person who does hard manual labor not to perform fasting? What are the excuses that makes it permissible for a person not to fast?
- What is the time to make intention for fasting according to Shafii madhhab? Is it fard to make intention?
- When is the time of intention for fasting in Ramadan and qada (missed) fasting. When does fasting start?
- How is kaffarah fasting performed? If a person breaks fasting in Ramadan more than one day, how many times does he have to perform kaffarah fasting? Does kaffarah fasting become necessary if a person does not fast in Ramadan?
- What is the sin of not fasting without any excuse?
- What is the decree on breaking a qada (missed) fasting?
- Does Vomiting Invalidate the fast?
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