The ruling on fasting for a person with chronic diabetes
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Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. This questioner, Abu Ibrahim, says: Honorable Shaykh, I am a diabetic patient and I was unable to fast in Ramadan last year. After Ramadan ended, my condition improved, and I saw that I should make up what I owed from Ramadan. I tried fasting for one day and found that I was exhausted, and this illness is old. What is the ruling? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
If the illness is chronic, whether diabetes or otherwise, and fasting cannot be performed with it, and it is a chronic illness that is not expected to end, then the Muslim afflicted with it must expiate the fasting by feeding one poor person for every day. His saying, the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:184], refers to those who are unable to fast, and the inability must be continuous and not expected to end. In this case, the expiation is sufficient by feeding one poor person for every day, the amount being one and a half kilograms for each day.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and bless you.
May Allah reward you and bless you. This questioner, Abu Ibrahim, says: Honorable Shaykh, I am a diabetic patient and I was unable to fast in Ramadan last year. After Ramadan ended, my condition improved, and I saw that I should make up what I owed from Ramadan. I tried fasting for one day and found that I was exhausted, and this illness is old. What is the ruling? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
If the illness is chronic, whether diabetes or otherwise, and fasting cannot be performed with it, and it is a chronic illness that is not expected to end, then the Muslim afflicted with it must expiate the fasting by feeding one poor person for every day. His saying, 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 مِسْكِينٍThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and bless you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/171 — archive.org (3:04)
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