Fasting: Missed and Broken Fasts After Puberty — What’s the Ruling?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Fasting: Missed and Broken Fasts After Puberty — What’s the Ruling?

English:

Question #818:

A person did not fast on reaching shar‘ī puberty. He fasted for eleven days then broke the fast one day at noon and did not fast for the remaining eighteen days. Also, he did not know that kaffārah was obligatory for the days not fasted. What is the ruling concerning him?

Answer #818:

If he intentionally and without a shar‘ī excuse broke his fast in the month of Ramadan, he has to perform qaḍā’ and pay kaffārah as well, regardless of whether he knew he had to give a kaffārah or not.

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