Qada’, Kaffarah & Permission To Fast The Three Holy Months
Naqshbandi ‘Aliyyah SingaporeBismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm
Sohbah by Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani (q)
10 February 2021
Akbaba Dergah, Istanbul
”The three months are approaching and some brothers and sisters are asking us whether they can fast these upcoming Three Months.
There is permission for those who want to fast, it is a good and beautiful custom, it is a Sunnah of our Holy Prophet ﷺ.
Some fast it all, some fast some of it.
Days are neither too long nor too short, they’re of medium length so it is appropriate and good times to fast.
However, what is more of an important matter is that those who are born as Muslims then reach puberty and do not fast in Ramadan, there are some who do not, need to make it up.
Qada’ and Penance Fasting
But before they make it up (Qada'), there’s the Kaffarah (penance) fasting that is done one time.
Even if a person hasn’t fasted all their life, the Kaffarah (penance) fasting is for two months straight, without a gap, for men.
For ladies it’s different, they have their own excuses, and out of necessity they have to give a break.
So the Kaffarah (penance) fasting is
• 60 days without giving a break.
Some months are 29 days while others are 30 days.
• After the 60th day [of the the Kaffarah (penance) fasting] is done, you start the Qada' (make up) fasting.
You could do the the Qada' (make up) fasting slowly, you don’t have to do it all at once.
Rajab enters on Saturday, and it might be 59 or 60 days until Ramadan, we’re not exactly sure.
So if they’re going to do the Kaffarah (penance) fasting, it is best to start either Tomorrow (Thursday 11) or the day after (Friday 12) so they can complete the 60 days before Ramadan.
Ramadan is Fard, it doesn’t count as Kaffarah or Qada'.
This is all for those who are Muslim by birth.
But for those who became Muslim later, there’s no Kaffarah fasting for them because when they become Muslim all of their past sins are forgiven and they are responsible for their worships from that point on; they’re not responsible for anything before that.
Yet, if after becoming Muslim they also don’t fast a day of Ramadan, then they have to do the Kaffarah as well.
May we be successful and may it be blessed and with Barakah insha’Allah.”
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