The amount of food to be given on behalf of a woman unable to fast due to kidney failure

Question:
Majid from Riyadh, go ahead, my brother Majid. Peace be upon you. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. May Allah keep you in good health, Shaykh, how are you? May Allah keep you all in good health. Yes. Shaykh, my mother is old and has kidney failure and cannot fast, so I do not know how much food I should spend on her behalf at the end of the month, if Allah wills.

Answer:
My brother, it is obligatory for you to give out food for one poor person for each day. Based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: One poor person for each day, in the amount of one and a half kilograms of food. Half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) is approximately one and a half kilograms of food. So the total for the entire month is forty-five kilograms. Of rice or the staple food eaten in the country, forty-five kilograms of the staple food eaten in the country. You may pay it at the beginning of the month, at the end of the month, or in the middle of the month; you may pay it in installments or all at once; all of this is permissible, and praise be to Allah.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,