The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 1402- If it is not possible to fulfil any of these three acts, one should give the poor as many mudds of food as he can afford. In case it is not possible, one should fast for eighteen days and if he cannot do this either, one should fast for as many days as he can. However, if he cannot offer either, he should repent. It will be sufficient to say “استغفرالله” in his mind and it is not obligatory to offer the kaffāra later when he is capable of it.

Issue No. 1403- The one who intends to fast sixty days as kaffāra, should observe thirty-one fasts consecutively. However, it is not necessary to observe the aforementioned [1] eighteen fasts consecutively.

Issue No. 1404- In case it is necessary to observe fasts consecutively, if one does not perform a fast intentionally, he should commence fasting again. However, if a person cannot maintain the continuity on account of some excuse, like for example: monthly menstruation or nifās or a necessary journey, he/she can proceed to observe the remaining fast after the excuse is removed, and it will not be necessary to commence fasting again from the beginning.

Issue No. 1406- If a person who is fasting ascribes lies to Allah and the Holy Prophet (pbuh) one kaffāra will be enough and it is not necessary offer collective kaffāra.

Issue No. 1409- If a person who is fasting belches and something enters his mouth, he should not swallow it, otherwise, his fast will be void, and he should offer qaḍā and kaffāra but it would not be necessary to offer collective kaffāra.

Issue No. 1410- If a person vows to fast on a particular day, in case he does not observe it intentionally or terminates it on that day, he should offer kaffāra (its kaffāra is like the kaffāra of the fast of the month of Ramadan).

Issue No. 1411- If a person who is fasting terminates his fast when someone unreliable informs him that maghrib has set in and he learns later that maghrib had not set in, it is obligatory on him to offer qaḍā and kaffāra.

Issue No. 1412- If a person intentionally terminates his fast and then travels, he will not be exempted from the kaffāra. However if he/she invalidates his fast intentionally and then an excuse like ḥayḍ, nifās or sickness occurs, kaffāra will not be obligatory upon him/her.

Issue No. 1412- If a person intentionally terminates his fast and then travels, he will not be exempted from the kaffāra. However if he/she invalidates his fast intentionally and then an excuse like ḥayḍ, nifās or sickness occurs, kaffāra will not be obligatory upon him/her.

Issue No. 1419- It is not obligatory to offer kaffāra immediately, however, it should not be delayed so much so that it is called an act coming short.

Issue No. 1420- If one fails to offer kaffāra for a number of years, the kaffāra would not increase.

Issue No. 1421- When a person has chosen the feeding of sixty poor people as his kaffāra, he must give one mudd of food to every indigent person if he has access to all of them, but he cannot give anyone of them more than one mudd, unless he has no access to sixty poor persons. In this case, if one is certain that the indigent person will give the food to each member of his family and will share the food with them, he can give one mudd of food for each member of his family, although they may be minors.