The ruling on making up Ramadan for a woman suffering from cancer
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The questioner:
And this questioner says: I bear witness to Allah that I love you for the sake of Allah. A woman has been afflicted with cancer; I ask Allah for her well-being and recovery. The doctors have prevented her from fasting, and she tried to fast Ramadan,
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
A woman has been afflicted with cancer; we ask Allah for her well-being and recovery. The doctors have prevented her from fasting, and she tried to fast last Ramadan, but she was unable to, and she fed people for the entire month. Then she tried to fast the day of 'Ashura, and Allah made it easy for her, so she fasted 'Ashura. What is required of her? Does she have to make up last Ramadan, given that she is still ill?
The Shaykh:
No, she does not have to make it up. As long as the doctors have decided that she cannot fast, and she tried and found it difficult, she should not fast.[Al-Hajj 22:78] So He made it easy for you [Al-Baqarah 2:184]. This applies to the one who is able to make it up. As for the one who is not able to make it up, this is sufficient. And upon those who are able to bear it is a ransom, [Al-Baqarah 2:184]. Those who are able to bear it means it is difficult for them; they never have a time when they can. The one who has cancer—may Allah grant her well-being and may Allah grant her healing—the one who has cancer does not have a time when she can make it up. Feeding people is sufficient, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
And this questioner says: I bear witness to Allah that I love you for the sake of Allah. A woman has been afflicted with cancer; I ask Allah for her well-being and recovery. The doctors have prevented her from fasting, and she tried to fast Ramadan,
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
A woman has been afflicted with cancer; we ask Allah for her well-being and recovery. The doctors have prevented her from fasting, and she tried to fast last Ramadan, but she was unable to, and she fed people for the entire month. Then she tried to fast the day of 'Ashura, and Allah made it easy for her, so she fasted 'Ashura. What is required of her? Does she have to make up last Ramadan, given that she is still ill?
The Shaykh:
No, she does not have to make it up. As long as the doctors have decided that she cannot fast, and she tried and found it difficult, she should not fast.
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
وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُ فِدْيَةٌThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
شرح كتاب الصيام من بلوغ المرام، بلوغ المرام باب الصيام [01] — alfawzan.live (47:15)
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