Kaffarah for Fast

1727. Kaffarah which is obligatory for leaving out fast of Ramadhan is freeing a slave, or as it will be described in next article, to fast two months or feeding sixty poor completely or to give each of them one mudd (3/4 Kg.) of foodstuff, such as wheat or barely or the like, and if none of them is possible, he is free to choose between 18 days of fasting or give the poor whatever mudds of foodstuff that he can, and if these are not possible, he/she must ask for divine forgiveness, even in the form of saying Astghforollah, and as an obligatory precaution, he/she must give the Kaffarah whenever it is possible.

1728. A person who intends fasting for two months as a Kaffarah for a fast of Ramadhan, should fast continuously for one month and one day, and it would not matter if he did not maintain continuity for completion of the remaining fasts.

1729. A person who intend fasting for two months as a Kaffarah for a fast of Ramadhan, should not commence fasting at such time when he knows that within a month and one day, days like Eid ul Azha will fall when it would be Haraam to fast.

1730. If a person who must fast continuously, fails to fast on any day in the period without any just excuse, he should commence fasting all over again. The same applies, if he gets to a day which has obligatory fast.

1731. If a person who must fast continuously, is unable to maintain the continuity due to an excuse beyond control, like, Hayz or Nifas or a journey, which one is obliged to undertake, it will not be obligatory on him/her after the excuse is removed, to commence fasting again from the beginning. He/she should proceed to observe the remaining fasts.

1732. If a person breaks his fast with something Haraam, whether it is Haraam in itself, like, wine or adultery or has become Haraam due to some reason like, sexual intercourse with his wife during Hayz, he will have to observe all the three Kaffarah, as a obligatory precaution. It means that he should set free a slave, fast for two months and also feed sixty poor to their fill, or give one mudd of wheat, barley, bread etc. to each of them. If it is not possible for him to give all the three Kaffarah, he should perform any one Kaffarah, which he can possibly give.

1733. If a fasting person intentionally imputes lies to Allah or the Holy Prophet (SWA), the obligatory precaution is that he should not give all the three Kaffarah as detailed above, but one of them.

1734. If a fasting person engages in sexual intercourse several times a day during Ramadhan, one Kaffarah becomes obligatory on him. But, he should give all 3 Kaffarah if he engages in Haraam sexual intercourse.

1735. If a fasting person repeats an act which invalidates fast of Ramadhan other than sexual intercourse, one Kaffarah will be sufficient for all, but he must give Kaffarah equal to his Eftar.

1736. If a fasting person has Haraam sexual intercourse, and then has sexual intercourse with his wife, one Kaffarah for each is obligatory.

1737. If a fasting person commits a Halal act to invalidate a fast, like, if he drinks water and thereafter commits another act which is Haraam and invalidates a fast, like, if he eats Haraam food, one Kaffarah will suffice.

1738. If a fasting person belches and swallows intentionally that which comes in his mouth, his fast becomes void, and he should give its Qadha and Kaffarah also. And if the thing which comes to his mouth is Haraam to consume, like, blood or some food which no more looks like food, and he swallows it intentionally, he will give the Qadha of that fast, and as a precaution, give all the three Kaffarah.

1739. If a person takes a vow that he would fast on a particular day, and if he invalidates his fast intentionally on that day, he should set a slave free or fast 2 months or feed 60 poor, it means that he should give Kaffarah of vow, the one for which one becomes liable upon breaking a vow.

1740. If a fasting person breaks his fast when someone unreliable informs him that Maghrib has set in, and later that Maghrib had not set in, or doubts whether it had set in or not, it is a precaution, to give Qadha and Kaffarah.

1741. If a person who has intentionally invalidated his fast travels after Zuhr or before Zuhr to escape the Kaffarah, he will not be exempted from the Kaffarah. In fact, if he has to proceed unexpectedly on a journey before Zuhr, even then it is obligatory for him to give Kaffarah.

1742. If a person invalidates the fast intentionally and then an excuse like Hayz, Nifas or sickness arises, he/she should not give a Kaffarah.

1743. If a person was certain that it was the first day of Ramadhan and invalidated his fast intentionally, and it transpired later that it was the last day of Sha’ban it would not be obligatory on him to give Kaffarah. If a person doubts whether it is the last day of Ramadhan or the first day of Shawwal and invalidates his fast intentionally, and it transpires later that it is the first day of Shawwal, it will not be obligatory on him to give Kaffarah.

1744. If a man who is fasting in the month of Ramadhan has sexual intercourse with his wife who is also fasting and if he has compelled her for that, he should give Kaffarah for his own fast and his wife’s. And if she had willfully consented to the sexual intercourse, a Kaffarah becomes obligatory on each of them.

1745. If a woman compels her fasting husband to have sexual intercourse with her or do some other thing which invalidates fast it is not obligatory on her to give Kaffarah for her husband’s fast.

1746. If a man who is fasting in Ramadhan compels his wife for sexual intercourse, and if the woman expresses her agreement during the intercourse, the man should, on the basis of obligatory precaution, give two Kaffarah and the woman should give one Kaffarah. But if she has consent, each must give separate Kaffarah.

1747. If a man who is observing fast in Ramadhan has sexual intercourse with his fasting wife who is asleep, one Kaffarah becomes obligatory on him. But the wife’s fast is in order and she will not give any Kaffarah.

1748. If a man compels his wife to commit an act, which makes the fast void, other than the sexual intercourse, it will not be obligatory upon of them to give any Kaffarah.

1749. If a man who does not observe fast due to travelling or illness, cannot compel his fasting wife to have sexual intercourse. But, if he compels her, Kaffarah will not be obligatory on him either.