Fasting for a woman suffering from epilepsy who requires medication during the day
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The presenter:
Abu Abdullah from al-Bahah is with us on the line. Go ahead, Abu Abdullah.
The questioner:
Peace be upon you.
The presenter:
And upon you be peace.
The questioner:
How are you, Shaykh? And how are the well-wishers, if Allah wills?
The presenter:
May Allah welcome you.
The questioner:
I have a question for you, may you live long.
The Shaykh:
May Allah welcome you.
The questioner:
I have a daughter, may you live long. I have a daughter, may you live long. Do you see, she is sick with epilepsy, do you see? And Ramadan is approaching, do you see? May Allah make her fasting a means of her release. But she cannot fast because she takes her medication at seven thirty in the evening and at Fajr she takes it at seven thirty. If she misses these times, the epilepsy comes back repeatedly. Please advise us on this. May Allah reward you with good.
The presenter:
Thank you.
The Shaykh:
If she is unable to fast because of what you mentioned and needs to take her medication at its scheduled times during the day, then she breaks her fast because she is sick. If she is able to make up the fasts after Ramadan, then she must make up what she owes, because a sick person who needs to break his fast breaks it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Abu Abdullah from al-Bahah is with us on the line. Go ahead, Abu Abdullah.
The questioner:
Peace be upon you.
The presenter:
And upon you be peace.
The questioner:
How are you, Shaykh? And how are the well-wishers, if Allah wills?
The presenter:
May Allah welcome you.
The questioner:
I have a question for you, may you live long.
The Shaykh:
May Allah welcome you.
The questioner:
I have a daughter, may you live long. I have a daughter, may you live long. Do you see, she is sick with epilepsy, do you see? And Ramadan is approaching, do you see? May Allah make her fasting a means of her release. But she cannot fast because she takes her medication at seven thirty in the evening and at Fajr she takes it at seven thirty. If she misses these times, the epilepsy comes back repeatedly. Please advise us on this. May Allah reward you with good.
The presenter:
Thank you.
The Shaykh:
If she is unable to fast because of what you mentioned and needs to take her medication at its scheduled times during the day, then she breaks her fast because she is sick. If she is able to make up the fasts after Ramadan, then she must make up what she owes, because a sick person who needs to break his fast breaks it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء 17-08-1434هـ - الفوزان — youtube.com (22:40)
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