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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on the fasting of a kidney transplant patient and of one who dies with fasting days owed

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The questioner : The questioner says: I would like to inform you that I underwent a kidney transplant at the beginning of the seventh month of this year. The doctors have advised me against fasting this year. What is obligatory for me to do in this blessed month? I ask for your guidance. Also, what is the ruling on one who dies with fasting days owed for one year or two years, and who was ill?

The Shaykh : As for the questioner who had a kidney transplant and whose doctors told him not to fast, we say: do not fast, do not fast. And if you fast after the doctors have determined that fasting will harm you, then you are sinful. If you die because of that, I fear that you would have been assisting in killing yourself, may Allah protect us from that. If the doctors tell you... the...
Do not fast, then do not fast. Then, if they say that this will be a permanent condition, feed one poor person for every day. And if they say that this is a temporary condition and perhaps Allah the Exalted will cure you in the future, wait until you are cured and then fast. This is what is obligatory. The second point.
Yes. As for one who dies with fasting days owed, if he broke his fast due to his inability and that inability continued until he died, and he knew that it was an illness that would not be cured, then one feeds on his behalf one poor person for every day. The amount of food is approximately one kilogram of rice for each poor person. Oh my Lord.
This one says: If we assume that this man was able to make up the fast but he neglected it, we say that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever dies while he still has some fasts to make up (of the days of Ramadan), then his heir (any of them) should fast on his behalf.”صلى الله عليه وسلم قال من مات وعليه صيام صام عنه وليه
Bulugh al-Maram 5:30
So if his guardian, meaning his heir, fasts on his behalf, that is good. And if he does not fast, there is no sin on him, but he must feed one poor person for every day he left, according to the number of days he missed.
Source ابن العثيمين - جلسة رمضانية — archive.org (23:42)

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