Fasting: Delayed Qadā’ Fasts After Pregnancy — Is Kaffārah Due for Every Year?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Fasting: Delayed Qadā’ Fasts After Pregnancy — Is Kaffārah Due for Every Year?

English:

Question #799:

A woman could not fast due to pregnancy and the approaching delivery. She knew that after delivery she must, before the next Ramadan, perform qaḍā’ for the days she did not fast. However, she did not fast after delivery, intentionally or otherwise, for several years. Does she have to pay only the kaffārah for that year or for all the years she delayed the fasting?

Answer #799:

Although performing the qaḍā’ fasts has been delayed for several years, it is obligatory to pay only one fidyah i.e. one mudd (750 grams) of food for each day. Fidyah is required only if the qaḍā’ is delayed until the next Ramadan due to negligence and without any shar‘ī excuse. If one has an excuse for the delay preventing them from performing valid fasts, no fidyah is required.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Fasting