I am suffering from diabetes, a stomach ailment, and a mental illness as well—may Allah heal me—and I have been unable to fast, but I am paying money as expiation for it.
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Question: I am suffering from diabetes, a stomach ailment, and a mental illness as well—may Allah heal me—and I have been unable to fast, but I am paying money as expiation for it. Is this sufficient, or is there something else required of me?
Answer: May Allah heal you from what has befallen you and help you to fulfill what Allah has made obligatory upon you. As for your breaking the fast due to illness, this is correct and there is no blame on you, because Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has granted a dispensation for the sick person to break his fast if fasting is difficult for him or if it aggravates his illness. He has commanded him to make up the days he missed in a later period,
Another [al-Baqarah: 184], this is if the illness is expected to end or if it is mild at times.
As for when the illness is continuous and chronic, with no hope of recovery, then it is obligatory for him to feed people, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: [al-Baqarah: 184], and among them is the one whose illness is chronic.
Feeding people is not done with money, as you mentioned, but rather by providing food, which is the staple food of the country. You must pay half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of the country's usual staple food for each day. Half a sa' is approximately one and a half kilograms. Therefore, you must provide food from the country's staple in this amount for each day, and you must not pay money.Because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says: [al-Baqarah: 184], so He specified food.
Question: Regarding the days for which you paid money, are you required to repeat the feeding in place of the money?
Answer: If one of the scholars of knowledge issued a fatwa to you to do so, and you were satisfied with his fatwa, then you are not required to repeat it. However, if you did this on your own initiative, or if you were not satisfied with the fatwa you were given, then you are required to repeat it and provide food.
Answer: May Allah heal you from what has befallen you and help you to fulfill what Allah has made obligatory upon you. As for your breaking the fast due to illness, this is correct and there is no blame on you, because Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has granted a dispensation for the sick person to break his fast if fasting is difficult for him or if it aggravates his illness. He has commanded him to make up the days he missed in a later period,
Another
an equal number of days [are to be made up]
فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَAs for when the illness is continuous and chronic, with no hope of recovery, then it is obligatory for him to feed people, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
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 مِسْكِينٍFeeding people is not done with money, as you mentioned, but rather by providing food, which is the staple food of the country. You must pay half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of the country's usual staple food for each day. Half a sa' is approximately one and a half kilograms. Therefore, you must provide food from the country's staple in this amount for each day, and you must not pay money.Because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:
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 مِسْكِينٍQuestion: Regarding the days for which you paid money, are you required to repeat the feeding in place of the money?
Answer: If one of the scholars of knowledge issued a fatwa to you to do so, and you were satisfied with his fatwa, then you are not required to repeat it. However, if you did this on your own initiative, or if you were not satisfied with the fatwa you were given, then you are required to repeat it and provide food.