A diabetic patient: Is fasting obligatory on him, and how does he make it up?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Abu Muhammad, please go ahead. Hello, peace be upon you. And upon you, peace. Welcome, Shaykh. Please go ahead. Hello, peace be upon you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
And upon you, peace, yes. I love you for the sake of Allah, O Shaykh. Welcome, yes.
The questioner:
My wife has diabetes, and the doctor says she should not fast. Of course, she fasted last year, and praise be to Allah, but we are asking: does she fast, or does she make it up, or what?
The Shaykh:
As long as she is able to fast, she must make up the past year, and praise be to Allah; making it up is sufficient. Yes.
The presenter:
Good. Yes, please, please go ahead.
The questioner:
My Shaykh, if she cannot, if she cannot, or if she cannot, she has diabetes and is a bit overweight.
The Shaykh:
The days on which she is able to fast—she did not say she fasted Ramadan this year, she became able. She became able, so she makes up what is due on her, even if scattered; it is not necessary that it be consecutive. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner:
Free time.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The presenter:
Thank you, brother Abu 'Abdullah.
May Allah reward you. Abu Muhammad, please go ahead. Hello, peace be upon you. And upon you, peace. Welcome, Shaykh. Please go ahead. Hello, peace be upon you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
And upon you, peace, yes. I love you for the sake of Allah, O Shaykh. Welcome, yes.
The questioner:
My wife has diabetes, and the doctor says she should not fast. Of course, she fasted last year, and praise be to Allah, but we are asking: does she fast, or does she make it up, or what?
The Shaykh:
As long as she is able to fast, she must make up the past year, and praise be to Allah; making it up is sufficient. Yes.
The presenter:
Good. Yes, please, please go ahead.
The questioner:
My Shaykh, if she cannot, if she cannot, or if she cannot, she has diabetes and is a bit overweight.
The Shaykh:
The days on which she is able to fast—she did not say she fasted Ramadan this year, she became able. She became able, so she makes up what is due on her, even if scattered; it is not necessary that it be consecutive. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner:
Free time.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The presenter:
Thank you, brother Abu 'Abdullah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، مريض السكر هل عليه صيام، وكيف يقضي؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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