The Amount of Fidyah for One Who Is Unable to Fast

Question:
Please, Naif from Taif, come on to the line with us. Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings. May you be safe. Oh, peace. May Allah accept from us and from you righteous deeds. Your Eminence the Shaykh, I truly have a chronic illness, meaning for several years. Unfortunately, I had to abstain from fasting this year’s Ramadan for the third consecutive year. So, of course, Your Eminence the Shaykh, the time-based obligation, which is feeding, will be fulfilled. It will be rice, barley, or dates, but I am focusing on dates, Your Eminence the Shaykh. How many kilograms, because now it is three months, which is ninety days? So I ask you to explain to me, Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah grant you success and protect you.

Answer:
If you are unable to make up the fasts, meaning permanently, due to a chronic illness that prevents you from fasting, whether now or in the future, then you must feed one poor person for each day with a quantity of one and a half kilograms of food for each day, meaning forty-five kilograms for the entire month. Yes.