Making up Ramadan for one who is ill and feeding on his behalf
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Question:
This questioner says: A man has missed fasts from Ramadan that he must make up, and he is suffering from fatigue, exhaustion, and pain in his body. He does not know whether this pain will go away or not. He is currently under medical treatment. Is it permissible for him to feed people to clear his conscience before he dies? What is the amount of feeding required? And is it permissible to give that to a charity organization?
Answer:
This varies depending on the nature of the illness. If the illness is expected to be cured, the making up of the fast is postponed until Allah cures him, even if it is delayed. The making up of the fast is postponed until Allah cures him, and he makes it up, even if it is delayed, even if the period is long.[Al-Hajj 22:78] [Al-Baqarah 2:184] And He, Glorified and Exalted is He, did not specify the time in which it is to be made up. As for if the illness is not expected to be cured, which is called a chronic illness, and he is unable to fast because of it, and it is not expected to be cured because it is a chronic illness and he is unable to fast because of it, then he feeds a poor person for each day as a ransom payment. Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Baqarah 2:184] And the meaning of "they are able to bear" is that they are unable to do so. In the reading "they are able to encircle," it means they are unable to fast because of the illness.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner says: A man has missed fasts from Ramadan that he must make up, and he is suffering from fatigue, exhaustion, and pain in his body. He does not know whether this pain will go away or not. He is currently under medical treatment. Is it permissible for him to feed people to clear his conscience before he dies? What is the amount of feeding required? And is it permissible to give that to a charity organization?
Answer:
This varies depending on the nature of the illness. If the illness is expected to be cured, the making up of the fast is postponed until Allah cures him, even if it is delayed. The making up of the fast is postponed until Allah cures him, and he makes it up, even if it is delayed, even if the period is long.
and has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty
وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍSo whoever among you is ill or on a journey [during them] - then an equal number of days [are to be made up].
فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَAnd upon those who are able [to fast, but with hardship] - a ransom [as substitute] of feeding a poor person
وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-036-الفتوى وعمن تؤخذ|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (37:06)
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