The ruling on fasting for a woman with kidney failure
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Question:
This questioner says: I have a woman who was afflicted with kidney failure in her kidneys, and a kidney transplant was performed for her. The doctor has prohibited her from fasting because of the illness, and she has not fasted for a period of three years. What do you say about her, and what is the ruling upon her? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If the doctor mentioned to her that she must never fast and that this fasting harms her, she feeds one poor person for every day, one poor person for every day of Ramadan. She gathers fifteen sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) for thirty days, or fourteen and a half sa' if it was twenty-nine days, and gives it to some of the poor. She gathers it and gives it to some of the poor, even after the festival or at the end of the month. This is if she is unable to fast and the cure of the illness is not expected. As for if it is not so, but rather this is temporary and then she recovers and fasts, there is no harm; she delays it until she recovers and fasts, if Allah wills. Because Allah said:[Al-Baqarah 2:185] the matter. So if he says, "After a year or two you will be able to fast," she postpones it and fasts afterwards. Yes. But if the doctors say that this is a severe illness from which recovery is not expected, and fasting must be avoided forever, then she does not fast and feeds a poor person each day. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
This questioner says: I have a woman who was afflicted with kidney failure in her kidneys, and a kidney transplant was performed for her. The doctor has prohibited her from fasting because of the illness, and she has not fasted for a period of three years. What do you say about her, and what is the ruling upon her? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If the doctor mentioned to her that she must never fast and that this fasting harms her, she feeds one poor person for every day, one poor person for every day of Ramadan. She gathers fifteen sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) for thirty days, or fourteen and a half sa' if it was twenty-nine days, and gives it to some of the poor. She gathers it and gives it to some of the poor, even after the festival or at the end of the month. This is if she is unable to fast and the cure of the illness is not expected. As for if it is not so, but rather this is temporary and then she recovers and fasts, there is no harm; she delays it until she recovers and fasts, if Allah wills. Because Allah said:
and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of
وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 12 — archive.org (23:24)
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