The Ruling on Fasting on Behalf of a Sick Mother Who Has Lost Her Mental Capacity
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the sister questioner, Umm Ram, says: My mother did not fast last year or the year before that. This was due to an illness that struck her, which confined her to bed. Another Ramadan is about to enter, and she has not fasted. She is also in a state of care, and she is not aware of herself. Do we, her sons and daughters, fast on her behalf?
Answer:
No, as long as she is in this state where she has no consciousness and no awareness of the month’s arrival, she owes no fasting. She owes no fasting unless Allah heals her later, in which case she must make up the days she missed. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the sister questioner, Umm Ram, says: My mother did not fast last year or the year before that. This was due to an illness that struck her, which confined her to bed. Another Ramadan is about to enter, and she has not fasted. She is also in a state of care, and she is not aware of herself. Do we, her sons and daughters, fast on her behalf?
Answer:
No, as long as she is in this state where she has no consciousness and no awareness of the month’s arrival, she owes no fasting. She owes no fasting unless Allah heals her later, in which case she must make up the days she missed. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (174) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-03-21] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (9:51)
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