My mother has not fasted for several Ramadans due to her illness, and she is poor with nothing to her name. What do you advise?
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Question:
A mother has not fasted for several Ramadans due to her illness, and she is poor with nothing to her name. What do you advise? And how should you deal with her? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If she is unable to fast continuously, then she must feed a poor person for each day, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:184] The meaning of "those who are able to bear it" is that fasting is difficult for them due to old age or a chronic illness. In that case, they pay the fidyah, or the fidyah is paid on their behalf, which is feeding a poor person for each day the amount of one and a half mudd.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
A mother has not fasted for several Ramadans due to her illness, and she is poor with nothing to her name. What do you advise? And how should you deal with her? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If she is unable to fast continuously, then she must feed a poor person for each 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 مِسْكِينٍThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، لي والدة لم تصم عدة رمضانات بسبب مرضها وهي فقيرة ليس لها شيء بماذا تنصحونها؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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