The ruling on the fasting of one who is suffering from a chronic illness
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The ruling on the fasting of one who is suffering from a chronic illness
His Eminence the Shaykh: There is a man who is ill with a heart condition, and only a small part of his heart is functioning. He needs medication constantly, meaning approximately every eight hours or six hours. Is fasting dropped from him?
For one who has this illness, fasting is dropped from him, and he must feed one poor person for every day. If he wishes, he may give each poor person a quarter of a sa' of rice, and if he adds meat to it, that is better. If he wishes, he may feed them dinner on the last night of Ramadan or breakfast on another day during the festival of breaking the fast. All of this is permissible.
His Eminence the Shaykh: There is a man who is ill with a heart condition, and only a small part of his heart is functioning. He needs medication constantly, meaning approximately every eight hours or six hours. Is fasting dropped from him?
For one who has this illness, fasting is dropped from him, and he must feed one poor person for every day. If he wishes, he may give each poor person a quarter of a sa' of rice, and if he adds meat to it, that is better. If he wishes, he may feed them dinner on the last night of Ramadan or breakfast on another day during the festival of breaking the fast. All of this is permissible.