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Made
intention to fast 60 days, but postponed it until winter
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this fatwa to: www.fatwa-online.com, thankyou!*
Question: I made the intention to fast for
60 days, as expiation, and postponed it until the winter.
So, what if I die before the winter?
Response:
If fasting out of expiation is made obligatory upon a person,
then it is obligatory to make haste in doing so as that which
is obligatory must be carried out as soon as possible. However,
if it is difficult upon him to fast the expiation during the
summer days because of the long days and severe heat, then
there is no problem if he were delay this until the colder
days. If he were to die before (doing so) then there is no
sin upon him because he delayed the fasting for a (valid Islaamic)
reason. However, those fasts need to be made up as much as
possible. And if no-one fasts on his behalf, then a needy
person must be fed for every day that remains (to be fasted).
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa Ramadhaan - Volume 1, Page 165, Fatwa No.99;
Fataawa ash-Shaykh Muhammad as-Saalih al-'Uthaymeen - Volume
1, Pages 474-475
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