Chapter: It is Permissible to delay making up missed Ramadan Fasts until before the next Ramadan comes, and this is for those who broke the fast for a reason such as sickness, travel, menstruation and the like
Abu Salama reported: I heard 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) as saying: I had to complete some of the fasts of Ramadan, but I could not do it but during the month of Sha'ban due to my duties to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) or with the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ).
This hadith is narrated on the authority of Yahya b. Sa'id with the same chain of transmitters but with this variation that he said that ('A'isha did not observe fast but in Sha'ban) out of regard for the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ).
In another version of the previous hadith, the words are: Yahya said: I think it was due to the regard for the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ).
This hadith is reported on the authority of Yahya with the same chain of transmitters but no mention is made of the duty to the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ).
A'isha reported: If one amongst us had to break fasts (of Ramadan due to natural reasons, i. e. menses) during the life of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) she could not find it possible to complete them so long she had been in the presence of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) till Sha'ban commenced.