Fasting by a patient with kidney failure on dialysis days
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Question:
The questioner says: He is a patient with chronic kidney failure, and he undergoes dialysis on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. He did not fast on these days because of the dialysis. I want Your Eminence to inform me what I should do, and I will continue in this state?
Answer:
You must make up the days on which the dialysis took place. If it is possible to have the dialysis at night, that is better, if it can be done at night. But if it cannot be done at night, there is no harm; because you are a patient, you are allowed to undergo dialysis and break your fast on the days when the dialysis is performed. The dialysis itself, which involves drawing out the blood and putting in clean blood, none of this breaks the fast of the one who is fasting. In any case, you are a patient on these days when the dialysis is performed. As for the days that follow, if you are strong enough to fast, you fast them and make up what you missed.
The questioner says: He is a patient with chronic kidney failure, and he undergoes dialysis on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. He did not fast on these days because of the dialysis. I want Your Eminence to inform me what I should do, and I will continue in this state?
Answer:
You must make up the days on which the dialysis took place. If it is possible to have the dialysis at night, that is better, if it can be done at night. But if it cannot be done at night, there is no harm; because you are a patient, you are allowed to undergo dialysis and break your fast on the days when the dialysis is performed. The dialysis itself, which involves drawing out the blood and putting in clean blood, none of this breaks the fast of the one who is fasting. In any case, you are a patient on these days when the dialysis is performed. As for the days that follow, if you are strong enough to fast, you fast them and make up what you missed.
Source
فتاوى رمضانية — islamhouse.com (59:20)
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