A diabetic patient whom the doctor forbade from fasting Ramadan due to pregnancy wants to make up the fasts; does she owe an expiation in addition to making them up?
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Question : This is a questioner who says she is suffering from chronic, permanent diabetes, and she has had an insulin pump installed.
Answer : May Allah grant you health. She was pregnant during Ramadan, and the doctor forbade her from fasting Ramadan due to the pregnancy and the diabetes. She is now making up the fasts of Ramadan, twenty-nine days. Does she owe the expiation in addition to making up the fasts, or just the expiation? Meaning, she owes only the making up of the fasts. Because she fasted and then broke the fast due to illness, and Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:185] the one who is afflicted
Answer : May Allah grant you health. She was pregnant during Ramadan, and the doctor forbade her from fasting Ramadan due to the pregnancy and the diabetes. She is now making up the fasts of Ramadan, twenty-nine days. Does she owe the expiation in addition to making up the fasts, or just the expiation? Meaning, she owes only the making up of the fasts. Because she fasted and then broke the fast due to illness, and Allah the Exalted said:
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وَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 113 - 190 مريضة سكري منعها الطبيب صيام رمضان بسبب الحمل وتريد قضاء الصيام فهل عليها كفارة مع القضاء؟ — youtube.com
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