The ruling on leaving the fast of Ramadan due to a mental illness
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If a person leaves the fast of the month of Ramadan due to a mental illness, is he required to make up the fasts, or is the fidyah (ransom payment) of feeding sufficient for him?
Answer:
A mental illness is not an excuse for leaving the fast. He must fast when the mental illness eases or he recovers from it. This is a patient like one with a physical illness; he breaks his fast but must make up the fasts. If making up the fasts becomes impossible for him, he feeds people.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If a person leaves the fast of the month of Ramadan due to a mental illness, is he required to make up the fasts, or is the fidyah (ransom payment) of feeding sufficient for him?
Answer:
A mental illness is not an excuse for leaving the fast. He must fast when the mental illness eases or he recovers from it. This is a patient like one with a physical illness; he breaks his fast but must make up the fasts. If making up the fasts becomes impossible for him, he feeds people.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 27-04-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (47:13)
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