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This question (and some related issues) have been plaguing me. Although I've already got a scholar's ruling (no kaffarah for missed fasts), I would be going to a new scholar soon. That's where the concern about the existence of the opinion comes in. Besides worrying about the worst case scenario for my own self, there's the matter of not thinking well of Allah's mercy because of knowing this might be the ruling for some Muslims.
I read in a booklet that:
According to Imam Hanifa, if a person deliberately does not fast, that person is not required to make kaffarah. Imams Abu Yusuf and Mohammed (Hanafi jurists) were of the opinion that
kaffarah was wajib in such a case.
Under Hanafi law, “A distinction will have to be made between the two acts necessitating
kaffarah. If the kaffarah became wajib a number of times and it was due to sex, then a new
kaffarah has to be given every time the sex act is committed. But if the act which necessitated a
kaffarah was due to eating intentionally, then the number of kaffarahs do not increase, but one
kaffarah will suffice.”2
(link below, sorry I couldn't get the formatting right below, probably because of copy pasting the above)
I also read that in Maliki
fiqh, there is one kaffarah for every broken fast.
I haven't mentioned the "related issues", they might be the main problem I guess. I would most probably be delving into those later with a scholar, but it would be much helpful if I could get this basic thing cleared up. Does this opinion exist, particularly in Hanafi fiqh, but also otherwise?
I haven't mentioned the "related issues", they might be the main problem I guess. I would most probably be delving into those later with a scholar, but it would be much helpful if I could get this basic thing cleared up. Does this opinion exist, particularly in Hanafi fiqh, but also otherwise?
http://crescentsofbrisbane.org/Files/Iqbal Lambat Ramadan/Week 2/What to do when fasts are broken or missed.pdf