Fasting for a diabetic in Ramadan and feeding others
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Question:
Abu Muhsin from 'Ar'ar says: I am afflicted with diabetes, and when the heat becomes intense, I fear a drop in my blood sugar. May I feed [a poor person] or must I make up the fasts, even though diabetes is an illness that is not expected to end?
Answer:
If your breaking of the fast is due to the illness, and this illness is not expected to end, then you feed one poor person for every day, as He the Exalted and Majestic said:[Al-Baqarah 2:184]. Yes.
Abu Muhsin from 'Ar'ar says: I am afflicted with diabetes, and when the heat becomes intense, I fear a drop in my blood sugar. May I feed [a poor person] or must I make up the fasts, even though diabetes is an illness that is not expected to end?
Answer:
If your breaking of the fast is due to the illness, and this illness is not expected to end, then you feed one poor person for every day, as He the Exalted and Majestic said:
And upon those who are able [to fast, but with hardship] - a ransom [as substitute] of feeding a poor person
وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍ
Source
فتاوى على الهواء 28-08-1438هـ — af.org.sa (25:47)
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