The ruling on the fasting of a sick person who is unable to fast
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Question:
Another questioner says: In the hadith, he has, O Shaykh Salih, a chronic illness that makes fasting impossible. How does he fit into this hadith?
Answer:
This is regarding the verse, which is the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:184] So the one who is unable to fast, whether currently or in the future, he feeds one poor person for each day with one and a half kilograms of food for each day. The total is forty-five kilograms for the entire month of Ramadan. He pays it to one poor person or to several poor people, and that suffices him in place of fasting; because he is unable to fast, neither currently nor in the future. Yes.
Another questioner says: In the hadith
Whoever fasts Ramadan out of faith and seeking reward, his previous sins will be forgiven. Whoever
من صام رمضان إيمانا واحتسابا غفر له ما تقدم من ذنبه، منAnswer:
This is regarding the verse, which is the saying of Allah the Exalted:
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
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/104 — archive.org (2:32)
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