LessonsKitab al-Sawm: Illness, Travel, Make-up Fasts and Delayed QaḍāʾQuiz

Qaḍāʾ involves performance on days after the excuse. If the person dies without recovery or residence, no interval to make up the fasts was available. This is the context for the text’s statement that qaḍāʾ did not become binding.

The reasoning concerns an opportunity for performance, not merely the number of missed days. The next source clause deliberately contrasts this with later recovery or residence.

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Kitab al-Sawm: Illness, Travel, Make-up Fasts and Delayed Qaḍāʾ

Qaḍāʾ involves performance on days after the excuse. If the person dies without recovery or residence, no interval to make up the fasts was available. This is the context for the text’s statement that qaḍāʾ did not become binding.

The reasoning concerns an opportunity for performance, not merely the number of missed days. The next source clause deliberately contrasts this with later recovery or residence.