Expiation for one who cannot fast due to diabetes
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The questioner:
I have two questions, Shaykh 'Umar. The second one, the first one. The first question is that I am a person suffering from diabetes. A person passed away with me, and I am unable to fast. And the second question.
The presenter:
Just a moment, the Shaykh will answer. Just a moment, please go ahead, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
If the illness is chronic and you are unable to fast with it, neither now nor in the future, and the doctors have determined this, then you feed one poor person for every day, and this suffices for the fasting[Al-Baqarah 2:184]. Yes.
I have two questions, Shaykh 'Umar. The second one, the first one. The first question is that I am a person suffering from diabetes. A person passed away with me, and I am unable to fast. And the second question.
The presenter:
Just a moment, the Shaykh will answer. Just a moment, please go ahead, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
If the illness is chronic and you are unable to fast with it, neither now nor in the future, and the doctors have determined this, then you feed one poor person for every day, and this suffices for the fasting
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 مِسْكِينٍ
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء 03-01-1435هـ - الفوزان — youtube.com (18:23)
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