The Ruling on Paying the Value of Food for Making Up Days of Breaking the Fast

Question:
We begin with the calls, and we take Abu Rayd. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. May I ask the Honorable Shaykh two questions, if you please? Go ahead. The first question is about, for example, if I broke my fast for one, two, three, or four days. It is known that the food for one person is about two and a half kilograms. Is it permissible for me to go to a restaurant owner, take three or four meters of food, and give it to the poor? This is the first question. The Shaykh will answer in a moment. Repeat your question, my brother. The question is: I am, for example, a sick man, and I broke my fast for about five days. It is known that the food for one person per day is two and a half kilograms. Is it permissible for me to go to the restaurant, take the portion for four or five people, pay for it, and give it to the poor? I am doing this instead of taking two and a half kilograms. Thank you. This is the first question. Okay. The second question. Note that the Shaykh will answer.

Answer:
My brother, if you broke your fast in Ramadan, you must make it up. If you are able to make it up, even if it is after a long time, then you must make it up, and feeding people is not permissible. Feeding is only for the very old, decrepit person who cannot fast, neither now nor in the future. It is he who feeds a poor person for each day, .