QADA (RESTITUTION)
(1) You may perform the qada (fasting of other days as substitute for those
missed in Ramadan) consequently or without sequence.
Ibn Omar reported
that the Prophet had said :"Ramadan qada may be consecutive
or
split ".
Muhammad
Ibn al-Munkadir said : "A man asked the Prophet about
splitting the qada. The Prophet advised : It is up to you. If a man were
in debt, he could repay his debt in instalments - this is qada. Consequently,
doing the same in the case of Ramadan qada is acceptable".
(2)You may perform the qada any time during the year. `Aisha was reported
to have said : "Sometimes I was unable to perform
the qada other than in Sha'ban."
If a man postpones the qada until he is over taken by the next Ramadan,
then he performs the qada after Ramadan.
Ibn Hazm
said that the delay is, however, reprehensible, according to a verse from
the Quran which says : "Be quick in the race for
forgiveness."