What does one do if a doctor forbids him from fasting?
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Question:
He says that he has been in the hospital for eight months, and up to now the doctor has allowed him to leave in two days. He says, and now what do I do regarding fasting? Because the doctor told him, "Do not fast, O Shaykh."
Answer:
If fasting harms you, then you delay making up the fasts until you are able to make them up, and praise be to Allah, the sick person is permitted to break his fast in Ramadan. Yes.
He says that he has been in the hospital for eight months, and up to now the doctor has allowed him to leave in two days. He says, and now what do I do regarding fasting? Because the doctor told him, "Do not fast, O Shaykh."
Answer:
If fasting harms you, then you delay making up the fasts until you are able to make them up, and praise be to Allah, the sick person is permitted to break his fast in Ramadan. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4447] ماذا يفعل من نهاه الطبيب عن الصيام؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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