Fasting: Uncertain Number of Missed Fasts and Prayers — What’s the Duty?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Fasting: Uncertain Number of Missed Fasts and Prayers — What’s the Duty?

English:

Question #815:

A person does not know the exact number of days he has failed to fast or how many days of prayers he missed. What should he do? And what rule applies if he does not know whether he missed the fast intentionally or due to a shar‘ī excuse?

Answer #815:

It is permissible for him to perform only the qaḍā’ of the prayers and fasts he is sure he missed. When there is doubt as to whether the fast was broken intentionally or not, kaffārah is not required.

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