One Who Vowed to Fast Five Days Every Month and Was Unable to Do So
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, there is a man who vowed to fast five days every month, and he continued to do so, but now he is completely unable to fast due to his advanced age. What is obligatory for him?
Answer:
If he is unable[Al-Baqarah 2:286], if he is unable to fast, then he is not obligated to perform this fasting. Yes, but as a precaution, he should expiate with the expiation for an oath. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, there is a man who vowed to fast five days every month, and he continued to do so, but now he is completely unable to fast due to his advanced age. What is obligatory for him?
Answer:
If he is unable
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب الجنايات - 2 — islamhouse.com (1:02:02)
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