Making Up Fasting for One Who Has Lost Her Memory

The questioner:
A questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I have a sister who has lost her memory, and she did not fast in Ramadan except for nine days. Does she have to make up the fast, and does she have to feed a poor person for each day?

The Shaykh:
If she has lost her memory permanently, she owes no fasting. But if she loses her memory at times and it returns to her at other times, she fasts during the times when her memory returns. Yes.

The questioner:
Okay, and what is the ruling, Shaykh, may Allah bless you, if she loses her memory at the beginning of the day and then it returns to her?

The Shaykh:
If she was fasting and had her memory at the time of the pre-dawn meal, then lost it during the day and it returned to her, her fast is valid, if Allah wills.

The questioner:
May Allah bless you. She asks you, Honorable Shaykh, to pray for her health.

The Shaykh:
May Allah heal her and grant her well-being.