The ruling on fasting for a person with epilepsy if the doctor advises him not to fast
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Question:
This questioner says: A man has the disease of epilepsy, so the doctor advised him not to fast in this month of Ramadan, because doing so would increase his illness, and he can make up the fasts on other short days. What is required of him?
Answer:
Yes, he does not fast as long as the doctor has advised him that fasting affects him. He does not fast. Allah, Exalted and Majestic, has removed hardship from this community; He has removed hardship from this community. So he does not fast as long as the doctor has determined that fasting is not suitable for him in this year. He postpones it and makes it up when he is able and excused,[Al-Baqarah 2:184]. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner says: A man has the disease of epilepsy, so the doctor advised him not to fast in this month of Ramadan, because doing so would increase his illness, and he can make up the fasts on other short days. What is required of him?
Answer:
Yes, he does not fast as long as the doctor has advised him that fasting affects him. He does not fast. Allah, Exalted and Majestic, has removed hardship from this community; He has removed hardship from this community. So he does not fast as long as the doctor has determined that fasting is not suitable for him in this year. He postpones it and makes it up when he is able and excused,
So whoever among you is ill or on a journey [during them] - then an equal number of days [are to be made up].
فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 03 من 04/ دورة علمية في شرح كتاب الصيام من دليل الطالب / جماع الصائم/ صالح الفوزان / الفقه — youtube.com (35:06)
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