A patient with kidney failure: Is it valid for him to feed people?
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Question : May Allah bless you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A man with a kidney disease broke his fast for several days because of his illness, and he intended to make them up, but his illness worsened until he died. Is it valid for people to fast on his behalf or give charity on his behalf?
Answer : This patient, and those like him, whose illness does not require a vision, may Allah grant us well-being and safety. May Allah respond to our prayer. A patient with an illness that does not cure him is not required to fast.
Because this is his constant state, but he is required to feed people, meaning he must feed one poor person for every day. There are two ways to feed them. The first way is to give the poor people food from rice or barley. The preferred choice in our time is rice, because it is less burdensome to prepare than barley. So we feed every four poor people a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of rice, and we add to it something to make it a meal, such as meat or the like, until the days of the month are completed. If the month is twenty-nine days, he feeds twenty-nine poor people, and if the month is thirty days, he feeds thirty poor people, if Allah wills.
As for the second way of feeding, it is to prepare food, either dinner or lunch, and invite thirty poor people to it, either all at once or in groups. This is the ruling for the patient whose illness is not expected to end. And among such illnesses, I think, is kidney disease.
The presenter : Thank you, Honorable Shaykh, for your kindness.
Answer : This patient, and those like him, whose illness does not require a vision, may Allah grant us well-being and safety. May Allah respond to our prayer. A patient with an illness that does not cure him is not required to fast.
Because this is his constant state, but he is required to feed people, meaning he must feed one poor person for every day. There are two ways to feed them. The first way is to give the poor people food from rice or barley. The preferred choice in our time is rice, because it is less burdensome to prepare than barley. So we feed every four poor people a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of rice, and we add to it something to make it a meal, such as meat or the like, until the days of the month are completed. If the month is twenty-nine days, he feeds twenty-nine poor people, and if the month is thirty days, he feeds thirty poor people, if Allah wills.
As for the second way of feeding, it is to prepare food, either dinner or lunch, and invite thirty poor people to it, either all at once or in groups. This is the ruling for the patient whose illness is not expected to end. And among such illnesses, I think, is kidney disease.
The presenter : Thank you, Honorable Shaykh, for your kindness.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1164- مريض بفشل كلوي هل يصح ان يطعم؟ /سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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