Salaams. Kindly advise the rulings for women who have missed fasts during Ramadaan due to menstruation. Is it possible for her to pay kaffarah instead of keeping the missed fasts or not?

· 25 Shaʻban 1422 AH1 min readFatwa 4121English

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Salaams. Kindly advise the rulings for women who have missed fasts during Ramadaan due to menstruation. Is it possible for her to pay kaffarah instead of keeping the missed fasts or not?

Answer

If she can keep the fasts, she cannot pay Kaffaarah. She has to keep the missed fasts.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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