If one breaks his fast for days in Ramadan due to kidney dialysis, is feeding sufficient, or is making up the fasts obligatory?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a person suffering from kidney failure fasts some days of Ramadan, but breaks his fast on the days of dialysis due to the dialysis. The question is: Is it obligatory for him?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
He says: A person suffering from kidney failure fasts some days of Ramadan and not others, as he breaks his fast on the days of dialysis. Is it obligatory for him to make up these days he broke, or does he pay the fidyah (ransom payment) directly?
The Shaykh:
As for him.
The questioner:
Paying the fidyah, he says, he gives out food and that is sufficient without making up the fasts.
The Shaykh:
No, making up the fasts is sufficient; it is obligatory for him if he is able, even if delayed. Even if the making up is delayed, yes, he delays it until the days in which he is able to fast, whether scattered or not. He fasts them, whether scattered or delayed; there is no harm. Feeding is only if making up the fasts is impossible absolutely, neither in the present nor in the future. If making up the fasts is impossible, he feeds. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a person suffering from kidney failure fasts some days of Ramadan, but breaks his fast on the days of dialysis due to the dialysis. The question is: Is it obligatory for him?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
He says: A person suffering from kidney failure fasts some days of Ramadan and not others, as he breaks his fast on the days of dialysis. Is it obligatory for him to make up these days he broke, or does he pay the fidyah (ransom payment) directly?
The Shaykh:
As for him.
The questioner:
Paying the fidyah, he says, he gives out food and that is sufficient without making up the fasts.
The Shaykh:
No, making up the fasts is sufficient; it is obligatory for him if he is able, even if delayed. Even if the making up is delayed, yes, he delays it until the days in which he is able to fast, whether scattered or not. He fasts them, whether scattered or delayed; there is no harm. Feeding is only if making up the fasts is impossible absolutely, neither in the present nor in the future. If making up the fasts is impossible, he feeds. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3078- 4717] من أفطر أياماً من رمضان بسبب غسيل الكلى فهل يكفيه الإطعام أم لا بد من القضاء؟ — youtube.com
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