The Sick Woman Whom the Doctor Prevented from Fasting: Making Up the Fast or Feeding the Poor
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A sick woman, and the doctor told her, “Do not fast, because fasting affects her health.” Is she required here to pay only the expiation, which is feeding the poor, or must she make up the fast along with feeding the poor?
Answer:
If she has hope of being cured in the future, then it is sufficient for her to make up the fast. If she only fasted, praise be to Allah, she owes nothing else. But if she does not hope for a cure, and it is a chronic illness like cancer or illnesses for which no cure is expected, then she must feed one poor person for every day.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A sick woman, and the doctor told her, “Do not fast, because fasting affects her health.” Is she required here to pay only the expiation, which is feeding the poor, or must she make up the fast along with feeding the poor?
Answer:
If she has hope of being cured in the future, then it is sufficient for her to make up the fast. If she only fasted, praise be to Allah, she owes nothing else. But if she does not hope for a cure, and it is a chronic illness like cancer or illnesses for which no cure is expected, then she must feed one poor person for every day.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/53 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:20:30)
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