What is the ruling on those who go to the hospital regularly for kidney dialysis? Do they make up the days they break their fast?

The questioner : Honorable Shaykh, a woman says that she suffers from kidney failure and that she visits the hospital for dialysis, starting at three-thirty. She asks: If she is fasting, does she break her fast and feed someone? What is your guidance for those who suffer from this?

The Shaykh : We hold that if these people are in need of dialysis, they break their fast on the day they receive it and do not fast. On the second day, when they do not receive it, they fast.

The questioner : All right, do they make up the fast?

The Shaykh : If fasting on the second day is difficult for them and this is a continuous condition, they feed one poor person for every day, and no fasting is required of them.