The fidyah (ransom payment) for fasting on behalf of the patient who is unable to fast due to a stroke

Question:
My father suffered a stroke in his brain, and the stroke caused hemiplegia. He was unable to fast during the blessed month of Ramadan because he was receiving treatment, and he is now unable to fast. What is required of him?

Answer:
The ruling is that if the doctors’ expertise indicates that this illness will not be cured, he must feed a poor person half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of the local staple food, or dates, or something else, for each day. However, if recovery is expected, he should be patient until Allah grants him health, and then make up the fasts, even if it is after two or three years. If there is no despair of a cure, he should be patient, and there is no harm in that, because Allah says: regarding age. But if a trustworthy doctor, or one trustworthy doctor, determines that this illness is not expected to be cured, and that fasting would harm him, then he must feed a poor person for each day of Ramadan with dates, rice, or wheat. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.