Feeding the Poor Person in Place of Fasting for One Who Does Not Fast
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The questioner:
The questioner asks: Is it permissible for a woman who does not fast to feed two poor people every day, because she is returning to her country in two weeks? He asks: Is it permissible for a woman who does not fast to feed two poor people every day, because she is returning to her country in two weeks and there are no poor people there?
The Shaykh:
Why does she not fast? Does she mean she is unable to fast, unable to fast whether in the present or in the future? If the question is about this, then she may feed; if she gives out the food for the whole month, forty-five kilograms in total, to a poor person, there is nothing wrong with it. But this is not a substitute for fasting, unless she is unable to perform it or make it up.[Al-Baqarah 2:184] This applies to the old man and the chronically ill person who cannot fast.
The questioner asks: Is it permissible for a woman who does not fast to feed two poor people every day, because she is returning to her country in two weeks? He asks: Is it permissible for a woman who does not fast to feed two poor people every day, because she is returning to her country in two weeks and there are no poor people there?
The Shaykh:
Why does she not fast? Does she mean she is unable to fast, unable to fast whether in the present or in the future? If the question is about this, then she may feed; if she gives out the food for the whole month, forty-five kilograms in total, to a poor person, there is nothing wrong with it. But this is not a substitute for fasting, unless she is unable to perform it or make it up.
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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لقاء رمضان 08-09-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (31:40)
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