Fasting for one who has suffered from kidney failure
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man has been diagnosed by doctors with kidney failure at a rate of seventy-five percent, and the doctors have decided that he should not fast. What is required of him?
Answer:
Yes, he does not fast. He must provide food; he owes a fidyah (ransom payment) because this is a chronic illness that is not expected to end. Kidney failure is not expected to end. So if he is unable to fast, he owes the fidyah, which is feeding one poor person for every day. Praise be to Allah.[Al-Baqarah 2:184] Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man has been diagnosed by doctors with kidney failure at a rate of seventy-five percent, and the doctors have decided that he should not fast. What is required of him?
Answer:
Yes, he does not fast. He must provide food; he owes a fidyah (ransom payment) because this is a chronic illness that is not expected to end. Kidney failure is not expected to end. So if he is unable to fast, he owes the fidyah, which is feeding one poor person for every day. Praise be to Allah.
And upon those who are able [to fast, but with hardship] - a ransom [as substitute] of feeding a poor person
وَعَلَى الَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍ
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 036-تابع كتاب الصيام - 2 - 15-8-22 هـ — archive.org (1:07:27)
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