A: It would not be repeated.

A: It would not be repeated. 51- Is it permissible to break the fast before zawal in the sawm of the qada of the month of Ramadan? A: It is permissible if the time is sufficient. 52- Is it obligatory for the oldest son to do qada on behalf of his dead parents regarding the sawm days they had missed? A: He is obliged to do the qada of those days of the qada which was obligatory on his parents. 53- Is it permissible to pay the kaffarah of several days of Ramadan to one needy person?

A: There is no objection in doing so. 54- We are a great number of those who remained on the taqlid of imam Khomeini (q.) and who refer to you in the new issues and we are waiting for your permission to deviate to your taqlid completely. There is another group of those who follow Sayyid Khu''i and Ayatullah Araki, and all of us are mujahidin in the army corps of Badr.

When we were under the corrupt and oppressive regime of Iraq, we had missed the sawm of the month of Ramadan for a period ranging approximately, from 5 to 15 months due to ignorance and harassment on the side of the regime especially for those involved in official, namely military, jobs, and it seems that we have to do qada and pay kaffarah.

Some of us had finished their qada and some others were still doing it but the problem is with paying the kaffarah because we could not pay the kaffarah of 15 or more months due to our economic conditions and low income. So, is there a way to escape the payment of kaffarah? A: For the kaffarah related to the intentional breaking of the sawm of Ramadan, if a person is unable to fulfill its 3 options (i.e.

releasing a slave, a sawm of 60 days and the feeding of 60 needy persons), he could suffice with paying alms [sadaqah] of any amount he could afford and in case he could not, he should ask Allah for forgiveness. 55- One had attained puberty but he was ignorant of his obligations regarding ghusl al-janabah and its method, and 10 years had passed before he became aware about the matter of taqlid and the obligation of ghusl.

What would be the consequences related to him regarding the qada of sawm and salat? A: He is obliged to do the qada of the salats he prayed in a state of janabah and also the sawm if he had knowledge of the occurance of janabah and the emission of semen (whether by nocturnal seminal emission or other practices which entail its occurance) but was ignorant about the obligation of ghusl for the junub for his salat and sawm.