Chapter on Making Up the Month of Ramadan, and the Ruling of One Who Breaks the Fast in It Intentionally and Forgetfully, and One upon Whom Fasting Two Consecutive Months Is Obligatory and He Breaks the Fast during Them, or upon Whom There Is a Vow Regarding Fasting

The Shaykh (Al-Mufid), may Allah سبحانه وتعالى have mercy on him, said: “Whoever is obligated to fast two consecutive months because of breaking the fast on a day from the month of Ramadan, killing by mistake (qatl khata), the expiation of zihar, or a vow (nadhr) that he made binding upon himself, and then breaks the fast before completing the full period, then the ruling is as follows: If he deliberately breaks the fast without an excuse before completing one full month of the two months, or after completing one month but before fasting anything from the second, then he must begin the fasting anew.” What indicates that is what he narrated (in the following hadith):