The ruling on one who is unable to fast due to old age
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Abu Badr from al-Kharj says: What are the guidelines for fasting for an elderly person? And does he have to make up the fasts if he is unable to fast?
Answer:
If he is unable to fast, whether currently or in the future, due to his old age, Allah the Exalted said regarding them:[Al-Baqarah 2:184] Those who are able to bear it. This means they are not able to do it. In the reading "yatuquunahu," it means they are not able to fast, but they are of sound mind and have their faculties intact. He is required to feed one poor person for each day with a quantity of food equal to one and a half kilograms. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Abu Badr from al-Kharj says: What are the guidelines for fasting for an elderly person? And does he have to make up the fasts if he is unable to fast?
Answer:
If he is unable to fast, whether currently or in the future, due to his old age, Allah the Exalted said regarding them:
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»، حكم من عجز عن الصيام لكبر سنه - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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