Does the menstruating woman make up fasting?
Short answer
The menstruating woman and the woman in post-natal bleeding make up the Ramadan fasts they broke because of menstruation or post-natal bleeding.
Evidence and explanation
The Shaykh reported the agreement of the scholars on making up the fast but not the prayer.
Scholar referenced
This editorial summary is based on the original source linked below and is not presented as a verbatim quotation from the scholar.
From the text of the answer (Arabic, with an English translation)
Original answer — Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Baz
حكم قضاء الحائض والنفساء للصوم والصلاة — فتوى ٩٧٣٢- Question
«يسأل ويقول: هل تقضي الحائض والنفساء الصوم والصلاة؟»
English translation (unreviewed): He asks and says: Do the menstruating woman and the woman in post-natal bleeding make up fasting and prayer?
- From the text of the answer
«الحائض والنفساء تقضيان الصوم فقط عند جميع العلماء، أما الصلاة فلا تقضى عند جميع أهل العلم، قالت عائشة -رضي الله عنها-: كنا نؤمر بقضاء الصوم يعني: الحيض كنا نؤمر بقضاء الصوم ولا نؤمر بقضاء الصلاة .»
English translation (unreviewed): The menstruating woman and the woman in post-natal bleeding make up the fasting only, according to all the scholars; as for the prayer, it is not made up according to all the scholars. 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: “We were ordered to make up the fast” — meaning in menstruation — “and we were not ordered to make up the prayer.”
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Source
Ruling on the menstruating woman and the woman in post-natal bleeding making up fasting and prayer
Title of the original page (Arabic): حكم قضاء الحائض والنفساء للصوم والصلاة
Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Baz, may Allah have mercy on him