What is the ruling on the fasting of a diabetic patient
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What is the ruling on the fasting of a diabetic patient
A diabetic patient in Ramadan is exposed to low blood sugar, which obligates him to break his fast. Sometimes this low blood sugar lasts for a week or more. Does he have to make up the fasts, or feed the poor?
Diabetes is like other illnesses. If it is permanent and continuous with the person, and he is unable to fast, he must feed one poor person for every day, just like an elderly person who is unable to fast. If it occurs in episodes, he should fast whenever he is able to do so, and if he is unable to fast, he should break his fast in Ramadan and then make up the missed days afterward.
A diabetic patient in Ramadan is exposed to low blood sugar, which obligates him to break his fast. Sometimes this low blood sugar lasts for a week or more. Does he have to make up the fasts, or feed the poor?
Diabetes is like other illnesses. If it is permanent and continuous with the person, and he is unable to fast, he must feed one poor person for every day, just like an elderly person who is unable to fast. If it occurs in episodes, he should fast whenever he is able to do so, and if he is unable to fast, he should break his fast in Ramadan and then make up the missed days afterward.