The ruling on the fasting of a patient with chronic kidney failure
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, these are also questions related to the conditions of some patients in Ramadan. A woman says she suffers from kidney failure, and the doctors have forbidden her from fasting. What is obligatory for her?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, if a person has a chronic illness, meaning one from which recovery is not expected and from which the person is not anticipated to be cured, then there is no fasting for him. Rather, it is obligatory for him to pay the fidyah, which is feeding one poor person for every day, in the amount of one and a half kilograms for each day, to be given to the poor. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:184]. Yes.
The questioner:
The food, O Shaykh, here in the fidyah?
The Shaykh:
The food in the fidyah is to be from the staple food of the country, from what is eaten in the country. Yes.
May Allah greet you and bless you.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, these are also questions related to the conditions of some patients in Ramadan. A woman says she suffers from kidney failure, and the doctors have forbidden her from fasting. What is obligatory for her?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad. May Allah send prayers and blessings upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, if a person has a chronic illness, meaning one from which recovery is not expected and from which the person is not anticipated to be cured, then there is no fasting for him. Rather, it is obligatory for him to pay the fidyah, which is feeding one poor person for every day, in the amount of one and a half kilograms for each day, to be given to the poor. Allah the Exalted said:
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 questioner:
The food, O Shaykh, here in the fidyah?
The Shaykh:
The food in the fidyah is to be from the staple food of the country, from what is eaten in the country. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 24 من 27|أحكام المرأة في الصيام|أحوال المرضى في رمضان|صالح الفوزان|فقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (0:47)
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