The Ruling on Breaking the Fast Due to Kidney Dialysis in Ramadan
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Question:
The questioner says: A person has been afflicted with kidney failure and undergoes dialysis three days a week. It is known that on the days he undergoes dialysis, he breaks his fast. What is obligatory for him regarding the days on which he broke his fast?
Answer:
If he is able to make them up after Ramadan on the days when he does not have dialysis, then it is obligatory for him to make them up after Ramadan. However, if he is unable to make them up, he must feed one poor person for each day as a fidyah (ransom payment), in accordance with the verse[Al-Baqarah 2:184], because this illness is chronic and he is unable to fast while suffering from it. So he feeds one poor person for each day. This is if he is unable to make up the fasts. If he is able to make them up, he makes them up on the days when he does not have dialysis. Yes.
The questioner says: A person has been afflicted with kidney failure and undergoes dialysis three days a week. It is known that on the days he undergoes dialysis, he breaks his fast. What is obligatory for him regarding the days on which he broke his fast?
Answer:
If he is able to make them up after Ramadan on the days when he does not have dialysis, then it is obligatory for him to make them up after Ramadan. However, if he is unable to make them up, he must feed one poor person for each day as a fidyah (ransom payment), in accordance with the verse
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
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مجالس رمضان 1430هـ - 02 — alfawzan.live (23:07)
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