The ruling on fasting for a child with diabetes
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Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: I have a child who is twelve years old and he suffers from diabetes. In Ramadan, Honorable Shaykh, we prevent him from fasting, and he gets thirsty and needs water. Do we prevent him from fasting because he goes to school?
Answer:
If he needs to drink and is compelled to do so, and he cannot fast until night, then he is sick. A sick person is granted a dispensation to break his fast, so he drinks and abstains for the rest of the day, then he makes up the days he drank in after Ramadan.
May Allah reward you and bless you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: I have a child who is twelve years old and he suffers from diabetes. In Ramadan, Honorable Shaykh, we prevent him from fasting, and he gets thirsty and needs water. Do we prevent him from fasting because he goes to school?
Answer:
If he needs to drink and is compelled to do so, and he cannot fast until night, then he is sick. A sick person is granted a dispensation to break his fast, so he drinks and abstains for the rest of the day, then he makes up the days he drank in after Ramadan.
Source
الإفطار في رمضان للمرض — alfawzan.live
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