Day of Eid falls in between Kaffarah fasts
Question
A person is keeping Kaffarah fasts and the day of Eid ul Adha falls in between. Is one required to renew the 60 fasts from the beginning?
Answer
One will have to commence with the Kaffarah once again from the very beginning after Eid-ul-Adha.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
إذَا كَفَّرَ بِالصِّيَامِ وَأَفْطَرَ يَوْمًا بِعُذْرِ مَرَضٍ أَوْ سَفَرٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْتَأْنِفُ الصَّوْمَ وَكَذَا لَوْ جَاءَ يَوْمُ الْفِطْرِ أَوْ يَوْمُ النَّحْرِ أَوْ أَيَّامُ التَّشْرِيقِ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْتَأْنِفُ الصَّوْمَ فَإِنْ صَامَ هَذِهِ الْأَيَّامَ وَلَمْ يُفْطِرْ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْتَأْنِفُ أَيْضًا كَذَا فِي الْجَوْهَرَةِ النَّيِّرَةِ.
(الفتاوى الهندية 1/512)
- Answered by
- Maulana Abdul Kader Fazlani
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Mohammed Desai
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