Fasting: Fasting While Junub Unknowingly: Qadā’ or Kaffārah?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Fasting: Fasting While Junub Unknowingly: Qadā’ or Kaffārah?

English:

Question #769:

A junub person fasts for some days without knowing that being free from janābah is required for a valid fast. Do they have to pay kaffārah for the days fasted in the state of janābah, or it is enough to perform the qaḍā’ of those fasts?

Answer #769:

In the given case, it is enough to perform their qaḍā’.

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