Is it permissible for a sick person who is undergoing treatment during the day in Ramadan to break his fast?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, my father, may you live long, is ninety years old. He suffers from anxiety and takes psychiatric medication. His condition is very bad, and he is unable to fast. He complains. Does he have a dispensation?
Answer:
Yes, he has a dispensation, and from[Al-Baqarah 2:184], he breaks his fast and makes up the fasts if he is able to make them up. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, my father, may you live long, is ninety years old. He suffers from anxiety and takes psychiatric medication. His condition is very bad, and he is unable to fast. He complains. Does he have a dispensation?
Answer:
Yes, he has a dispensation, and from
whoever among you is ill or on a journey [during them] - then an equal number of days [are to be made up]
كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4071] هل يجوز الإفطار للمريض الذي يستعمل العلاج في نهار رمضان؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (0:10)
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