Hadith 25925

Yahya related to me from Malik that Humayd ibn Oays al-Makki toldhim, "I was with Mujahid while he was performing tawaf around theKaba, and a man came to him and asked whether the days (of fasting)for kaffara had to be fasted consecutively, or could they be split up.I said to him, 'Yes, they can be split up, if the person so wishes.'Mujahid said, 'He should not split them up, because in Ubayy ibn Kab'srecitation they are referred to as three consecutive days.' "Malik said, "What I like most is what Allah has specified in theQur'an, that is, that they are fasted consecutively."Malikwas asked about a woman who began the day fasting in Ramadan andthough it was outside of the time of her period, fresh blood (i.e. notmenstrual blood) flowed from her. She then waited until evening to seethe same, but did not see anything.Then, on the next day in themorning she had anotherflow, though less than the first. Then, somedays before her period, the flow stopped completely. Malik was askedwhat she should do about her fasting and prayer, and he said, "Thisblood is like menstrual blood. When she sees it she should break herfast, and then make up the days she has missed. Then, when the bloodhas completely stopped, she should do ghusl and fast."Malikwas asked whether someone who became muslim on the last day of Ramadanhad to make up all of Ramadan or whether he just had to make up theday when he became muslim, and he said, "He does not have to make upany of the days that have passed. He begins fasting from that dayonwards. What I like most is that he makes up the day on which hebecame muslim."