The elderly person whose mind is sometimes absent: Is it obligatory to pay the expiation for fasting Ramadan on his behalf?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The elderly person who is sometimes aware and sometimes has his mind absent. He asks: Is it obligatory to pay the expiation for fasting Ramadan on his behalf?
Answer:
In the time when his mind is present, he fasts, and in the time when his mind is absent, he is fed on his behalf. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: The elderly person who is sometimes aware and sometimes has his mind absent. He asks: Is it obligatory to pay the expiation for fasting Ramadan on his behalf?
Answer:
In the time when his mind is present, he fasts, and in the time when his mind is absent, he is fed on his behalf. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1091 -3022] الكبير الذي يغيب ذهنه أَحيانا، هل يجب دفع كفارة صيام رمضان عنه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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