Fasting after a liver transplant and feeding in its place
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The questioner:
May Allah prolong your life. I had an operation five years ago, a liver transplant.
The Shaykh:
Yes. All right.
The questioner:
Two months later Ramadan came, and I was unable to fast. Then the doctor forbade me from fasting, and I gave a bag of food to one person, meaning a poor family. Does this suffice for me, or do I have to fast?
The presenter:
All right, thank you.
The Shaykh:
As long as you say that fasting is not suitable for you and the doctor has forbidden you from fasting, do not fast; feeding people is sufficient.[Al-Baqarah 2:184] Give one and a half kilograms for each day, one and a half kilograms for each day, to several poor people, or give it to one poor person, as long as it does not contradict the ruling. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
May Allah prolong your life. I had an operation five years ago, a liver transplant.
The Shaykh:
Yes. All right.
The questioner:
Two months later Ramadan came, and I was unable to fast. Then the doctor forbade me from fasting, and I gave a bag of food to one person, meaning a poor family. Does this suffice for me, or do I have to fast?
The presenter:
All right, thank you.
The Shaykh:
As long as you say that fasting is not suitable for you and the doctor has forbidden you from fasting, do not fast; feeding people is sufficient.
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.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (070) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1435-11-22] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (56:38)
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