The ruling on the fasting of a sick person for whom fasting has no effect

Question:
We return at the beginning of this episode to a message sent to the program from the Syrian Arab Republic, Aleppo. The sender of the message is our brother, listener Ahmad al-Zayn. We addressed some of his questions in a previous episode, and in this episode he asks your eminence, Shaykh Khalil, about a person who found the month of Ramadan while he was ill with a condition that allows for breaking the fast. He consulted a doctor regarding the issue of fasting, and the doctor said that fasting would not affect him and would not delay his recovery. May Allah grant you success, with His permission. So what is your advice to him? Does he have to follow the doctor’s words, or does he fast, or do you advise him to break his fast? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. And to proceed: Allah the Exalted says: or is traveling, then [he may fast] other days. Allah intends for you ease and does not intend for you hardship, and [He intends so] that you may complete the period and praise Allah for what He has guided you to, and perhaps you will be grateful. The illness that necessitates breaking the fast during the day in Ramadan is the illness that makes fasting difficult for the Muslim with an apparent difficulty, or delays his recovery, or aggravates the illness.
So long as the doctor has assured you that fasting has no effect and has no complications for the illness, it is obligatory for you to fast, because this is not the kind of illness for which breaking the fast is permitted, as long as it does not affect you, does not aggravate your illness, does not delay your hunger, and does not cause you severe difficulty. It is obligatory for you to fast in this situation. Yes. May Allah reward you with good and do you good.