Day Questions

Must I fast consecutively to make up the fasts I have missed, or is it permissible to separate them, for example, every weekend?

Both ways of making up the fasts are permissible.

With regards to cashiers working at convenience stores which sell goods containing unlawful substances like pork, if a customer were to purchase a bag of chips which contain pork enzymes as well as a second lawful item, to avoid the prohibition of selling something unlawful would it be valid for the cashier to charge a higher amount for the lawful second item and charge nothing for the pork chips in such a manner that the total amount of money requested is the same, but the unlawful item is not actually sold?

If the purchaser knows that the price is in total for the lawful product only, and that the unlawful item is not actually being sold, then it is permissible to do so.

Does an adulterous woman observe the iddah of divorce, keeping in mind that the reason for her divorce was committing the sin of adultery with another man?

If the marriage was consummated, then she should observe the iddah when her husband divorces her even in the mentioned scenario.

I have not fasted during the month of Ramadan for many years deliberately. Is there a way I can repent for this and be forgiven?

Fasting is among the obligatory pillars that Islam was built upon. Not performing it is amongst the big sins for which Almighty Allah has threatened to punish with hellfire. However, Almighty Allah has also opened the doors of mercy for his slaves when he said: "Say: O My slaves who have wronged their own selves! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgives all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful." (53:39). We ask Almighty Allah to forgive all believers and bless us all. However, alongside this, it is obligatory to make up for all the fasts missed, as well as undertaking the Kaffara and paying the Fidya, as explained in detailed in the treatise of Islamic laws.

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