What is required of an elderly person who is unable to fast?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. May Allah bless you. This person says: An elderly man is unable to fast, neither in Ramadan nor at other times. He fainted on some days last Ramadan. So if he wants to feed people, does he count the days on which he fainted, or not?
Answer:
Yes. For the days he was unable to fast, he feeds on his behalf if he is unable to make them up. If he cannot bear the hardship and cannot make them up because his illness is chronic or he is very old and frail, then he feeds one poor person for every day, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:184] Yes.
May Allah reward you. May Allah bless you. This person says: An elderly man is unable to fast, neither in Ramadan nor at other times. He fainted on some days last Ramadan. So if he wants to feed people, does he count the days on which he fainted, or not?
Answer:
Yes. For the days he was unable to fast, he feeds on his behalf if he is unable to make them up. If he cannot bear the hardship and cannot make them up because his illness is chronic or he is very old and frail, then he feeds one poor person for every day, based on the saying of Allah 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»، [5070] ماذا يجب على كبير السن الذي لا يستطيع الصوم؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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