How To Make-up For The Leftover Fasts In The Past
It is an estimate of what you usually eat during your days ( could be two times or three times ). Yes, it can be sent as Sadqa if not being sent as Fidya. Following is the hierarchy for making-up the missed fasts: i ) If it is possible to make-up the fasts which were left because of sickness or other genuine reason, then one is required to keep those fasts once one recovers from that condition. ii ) If making up those fasts is not possible because of permanent nature of illness then one can pay Fidya as described above. A person who was unable to keep obligatory fasts in the past without any reason, there is no explicit guidance available in Sharia in this regard. So Ghamid Sahab suggests that person should in addition to repentance, try to make-up for those fasts as much as possible (via Nafl Fasting ) but if that seems too much hardship then one can also choose to pay Fidya if one has enough resources. If one chooses to pay Fidya then there is no bar to not opt for Nafl Fasting whenever one gets a chance, this act will also help in acceptance of the repentance.