Do I Have to Make Up Fasts Missed Due to Illness?

Answers are more useful when you can see the working, so the evidence is set out below.

The evidence

The Quran states: whoever is ill or on a journey, then a number of other days (2:185).

For those unable to fast permanently, the ruling derives from 2:184 — a fidyah of feeding a poor person for each day.

The made-up days need not be consecutive, and there is no requirement to complete them before the following Ramadan on some views, though delaying without excuse is discouraged.

In practice

• Make up the days before the next Ramadan where you are able; the majority hold delaying without excuse requires additional expiation.
• Pregnancy and breastfeeding have their own rulings and a genuine scholarly difference — ask specifically.
• Chronic conditions require a medical judgement, not a self-assessment.

Take one item from the list above and hold it for a week before adding anything else. Consistency is the part the Sunnah emphasises.

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