The ruling on taking painkillers for a fasting person suffering from a headache
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Question:
The questioner says: My father is eighty-three years old and he still fasts in Ramadan, but sometimes he suffers from a severe headache. Is it permissible for him to take a painkiller and then abstain for the rest of the day?
Answer:
Yes, if the fasting person needs to take a medicine that he requires and cannot hold out until night, he takes it and makes up that day. If he takes it out of necessity, it is permissible for him to do so, but he must abstain for the rest of the day and make it up on other days. Yes.
The questioner says: My father is eighty-three years old and he still fasts in Ramadan, but sometimes he suffers from a severe headache. Is it permissible for him to take a painkiller and then abstain for the rest of the day?
Answer:
Yes, if the fasting person needs to take a medicine that he requires and cannot hold out until night, he takes it and makes up that day. If he takes it out of necessity, it is permissible for him to do so, but he must abstain for the rest of the day and make it up on other days. Yes.
Source
مجالس رمضانية: الحث على زيادة الاجتهاد في الأعمال الصالحة فيما بقي من شهر رمضان. السبت-10-09-1439هـ. — alfawzan.live (21:08)
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