Fidyah for fasting on behalf of one who is unable to fast due to illness or old age
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The questioner:
Shaykh, I have two questions. May Allah preserve you.
The presenter:
Keep it brief on the television, may Allah bless you. Just keep it short on the TV and speak to us through the microphone.
The questioner:
I kept it brief. May Allah preserve you.
The presenter:
Please go ahead. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner:
I have two questions. First, my mother has not fasted Ramadan for twelve months. She is paralyzed and lying in bed, and we feed her through a tube from above. We do not know what is required of us or what we should give as fidyah.
The Shaykh:
If she is unable to fast, neither in its proper time nor by making it up, you feed a poor person for each day the amount of one and a half kilograms of food for every day.
The questioner:
Well, may you live long, I also have a question about my father. May Allah lengthen his life, cure him, and lift this from him. He has not fasted this year and last year. We do not know what the outcome will be for him. He is still alive, but he cannot fast. He is very old.
The Shaykh:
Feed on his behalf one and a half kilograms for each day.
The questioner:
For the two months, this is for the two years.
The Shaykh:
Yes. Allah.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good.
Shaykh, I have two questions. May Allah preserve you.
The presenter:
Keep it brief on the television, may Allah bless you. Just keep it short on the TV and speak to us through the microphone.
The questioner:
I kept it brief. May Allah preserve you.
The presenter:
Please go ahead. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner:
I have two questions. First, my mother has not fasted Ramadan for twelve months. She is paralyzed and lying in bed, and we feed her through a tube from above. We do not know what is required of us or what we should give as fidyah.
The Shaykh:
If she is unable to fast, neither in its proper time nor by making it up, you feed a poor person for each day the amount of one and a half kilograms of food for every day.
The questioner:
Well, may you live long, I also have a question about my father. May Allah lengthen his life, cure him, and lift this from him. He has not fasted this year and last year. We do not know what the outcome will be for him. He is still alive, but he cannot fast. He is very old.
The Shaykh:
Feed on his behalf one and a half kilograms for each day.
The questioner:
For the two months, this is for the two years.
The Shaykh:
Yes. Allah.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (109) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-12-23] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (55:35)
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