The ruling on the fasting of a patient whose recovery is not expected
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Question:
A message from the Libyan people, yes. O listener, Abdullah Abd al-Karim asks and says: I am a sick woman. For about three… channels, and I did not exceed. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Blessed Ramadan. For three years. What is the ruling in that? How do you guide me? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If the illness has prevented you from fasting, and it is continuous and there is no hope of this illness ending in the future, then it is sufficient for you to feed one poor person for every day, and you do not have to fast. His saying, the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:184] means for every day, and the meaning of “what they can afford” means that fasting is difficult for them due to an illness that is not expected to be cured, or due to old age. In these two cases, feeding a poor person for every day is sufficient in place of fasting, in the amount of half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of the food eaten in the country, and the amount of half a sa' is approximately one and a half kilograms, or all
A message from the Libyan people, yes. O listener, Abdullah Abd al-Karim asks and says: I am a sick woman. For about three… channels, and I did not exceed. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Blessed Ramadan. For three years. What is the ruling in that? How do you guide me? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If the illness has prevented you from fasting, and it is continuous and there is no hope of this illness ending in the future, then it is sufficient for you to feed one poor person for every day, and you do not have to fast. His saying, the Exalted:
And upon those who are able [to fast, but with hardship] - a ransom [as substitute] of feeding a poor person
وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 115 من المجموعة الأولى للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (13:07)
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