The Ruling on Fasting for the Sick Person
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The questioner:
We begin with the calls. We take the caller, Mu'tab from Riyadh. Go ahead, Mu'tab. Peace be upon you. And upon you, peace.
The Shaykh:
Peace. Shaykh, we have a question. We have a patient in the hospital who has an opening in his throat, and he wants to fast, but we do not know whether he should fast or not. Yes.
The questioner:
He says he has a relative in the hospital, Honorable Shaykh, and he is under anesthesia. Regarding fasting, does he fast if the doctor orders him to, or not?
The Shaykh:
If he is able to fast, then it is obligatory for him to fast. If he is unable to fast, and he feels that he cannot manage to fast, or if the specialist doctor forbids him from fasting in order to preserve his health and life, then he breaks his fast. And if Allah heals him after Ramadan, he must make up the days he did not fast. Yes.
The questioner:
He says, Shaykh, that he has an opening in his throat.
The Shaykh:
If he is unable to fast, neither in its proper time nor by making it up, then he feeds a poor person for each day[Al-Baqarah 2:184] meaning for each day. Yes.
We begin with the calls. We take the caller, Mu'tab from Riyadh. Go ahead, Mu'tab. Peace be upon you. And upon you, peace.
The Shaykh:
Peace. Shaykh, we have a question. We have a patient in the hospital who has an opening in his throat, and he wants to fast, but we do not know whether he should fast or not. Yes.
The questioner:
He says he has a relative in the hospital, Honorable Shaykh, and he is under anesthesia. Regarding fasting, does he fast if the doctor orders him to, or not?
The Shaykh:
If he is able to fast, then it is obligatory for him to fast. If he is unable to fast, and he feels that he cannot manage to fast, or if the specialist doctor forbids him from fasting in order to preserve his health and life, then he breaks his fast. And if Allah heals him after Ramadan, he must make up the days he did not fast. Yes.
The questioner:
He says, Shaykh, that he has an opening in his throat.
The Shaykh:
If he is unable to fast, neither in its proper time nor by making it up, then he feeds a poor person for each day
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»، [4004] حكم صيام المريض - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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