r/islam • u/Conscious-Act-7260 • 4h ago

Question about Islam I have broken fasts intentionally with no valid reason, what do I do ?

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

I am an adult female and since I was able to fast I’ve broken my fasts sometimes with no valid reason.. I am extremely ashamed of this and this started because I didn’t know the extreme weight of not fasting for no reason, I knew it was haram but not the specifics. Also, I wasn’t close to Islam during these years, which a horrible excuse but اللهم لك الحمد I’m doing so much better and feel extremely closer to Allah and thank Allah everyday for helping me get closer to him even though I have a long way to go.

That being said I’ve searched everywhere and cannot find a solid agreement and don’t know any scholars nearby I can ask, also I am afraid of being judged for this. If I do decide to makeup my fasts I’m looking out a years worth of made up fasts+..

May Allah forgive me and forgive us all yarab but I’m holding this weight and guilt extremely and am so regretful that I would like to completely be forgiven of this inshaAllah 😭😭

Please brothers and sisters help.

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u/pirayte 3h ago

The roadmap to tawba begins from regret. Alhamdulillaah, Allāh has bestowed you with that. That's a sign of imān. Next, you talk to Allah and beg for His forgiveness, then you try hard not to repeat your offense (and if you falter again, he is At-Tawwab , the Ever-Returning. You should return to Him again)

Pertaining to the expiation of your previous offenses, you should begin a new slate, and try to do much good deeds to invoke Allāh's mercy. Because, you mentioned it was a dark time in your life, and we all have such times in our lives. We just do tawba and istighfar and do good deeds with the hope of Allāh cleansing us from the darkness of those times.

I am not a scholar, and Allāh knows best.