What is the ruling on making up the fasts of my mother, who has suffered from a chronic illness for a long time and, because of her illness, has broken her fast for several days in every Ramadan, and this has continued for seven years until a large number of days have accumulated on her?
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The questioner : Our honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Hmm.
The questioner : My mother is beside me.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep her for you.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : In good health and well-being.
The questioner : May Allah make you happy, O Shaykh, in this world and the Hereafter.
The Shaykh: Amen.
The questioner : O Shaykh, her question is that, of course, O Shaykh, she has a lot of fasts to make up, but she is always tired, meaning she is afflicted with an illness, because, meaning, an illness has held her since a long time ago, meaning.
The Shaykh : Meaning, is it the illness that is called a chronic illness from which recovery is not expected, God forbid, or is it an illness from which recovery is expected, because the matter differs?
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, the illness she has is not an organic illness; you can say it is a psychological illness that affects the organs.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, this is not the answer to my question.
The questioner : Yes, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : My question is whether the doctors have ruled that the illness is one from which recovery is not expected, God forbid, or is it an illness from which recovery is expected?
The questioner : No, O Shaykh, you can say it is an intermittent illness, meaning she feels better for fifteen days, like that.
The Shaykh : Haddat, haddat, may Allah guide you, haddat.
The questioner : Yes, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: It happened.
The questioner : What?
The Shaykh : Haddat from hada, to deviate, deviation.
The questioner : No, no, recovery is expected, O Shaykh, that is all.
The Shaykh : Heh, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : Recovery is expected, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, so now does she have to make up days from Ramadan or Ramadans?
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, Ramadans.
The Shaykh : Ramadans.
The questioner : Ramadan...
The Shaykh : Okay, and how old is she?
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : How old is she, how old is she?
The questioner : Her age, O Shaykh, is from fifty, meaning...
The Shaykh : What Allah willed, she is still young.
The questioner : Young, O Shaykh, but the divorce that was twenty-six years from my age has made me an old woman.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar, may Allah be with her and for her.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Okay, and how many days, meaning, does she have on her?
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, every month approximately she has, meaning, five days, six days.
The Shaykh : And what is the total?
The questioner : By Allah, I do not know, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Does she not know?
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, she does not know either, but she says, meaning, from fifteen, sometimes it reaches the limit of making up.
The Shaykh : How much?
The questioner : Sometimes it reaches fifteen.
The Shaykh : Fifteen what?
The questioner : Days.
The Shaykh : Fifteen days from every month of Ramadan.
The questioner : Approximately, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : So, how many Ramadans?
The questioner : How many Ramadans exactly? It may be seven years, it may be, O Shaykh, seven years, for example.
The Shaykh : A predator.
The questioner : Seven years.
The Shaykh : Okay, did she fast this Ramadan?
The questioner : Yes, she fasted this Ramadan.
The Shaykh : She fasted it in its entirety.
The questioner : In its entirety except for four days.
The Shaykh : Okay, when she did not fast four days, why did she not fast?
The questioner : Meaning, fatigue comes to her, O Shaykh, she becomes severely tired, then she breaks her fast.
The Shaykh : Ah, by Allah, the matter now has extreme precision, and the reason is that the scholars distinguish between a chronic illness from which recovery is not expected, in which case it suffices for her to feed a poor person for each day.
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : But if her illness is not a chronic illness but rather an illness from which recovery is expected, then it is necessary to fulfill the saying of the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:184], so she must make up the fasts within her ability, and if she is unable, she must expiate.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Is it clear?
The questioner : Clear, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Okay, may Allah reward you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, you as well.
The Shaykh : Is there any other need?
The questioner : No, by Allah, be safe, O Shaykh, and we apologize for disturbing you.
The Shaykh : No disturbance, and may He bless you, you are traveling today.
The questioner : Yes, by Allah, if Allah wills, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Did you come by car or by plane?
The questioner : No, by Allah, O Shaykh, I came by car.
The Shaykh : In the car.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, I wish you a comfortable return to your country and residence.
The Shaykh : Hmm.
The questioner : My mother is beside me.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep her for you.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : In good health and well-being.
The questioner : May Allah make you happy, O Shaykh, in this world and the Hereafter.
The Shaykh: Amen.
The questioner : O Shaykh, her question is that, of course, O Shaykh, she has a lot of fasts to make up, but she is always tired, meaning she is afflicted with an illness, because, meaning, an illness has held her since a long time ago, meaning.
The Shaykh : Meaning, is it the illness that is called a chronic illness from which recovery is not expected, God forbid, or is it an illness from which recovery is expected, because the matter differs?
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, the illness she has is not an organic illness; you can say it is a psychological illness that affects the organs.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, this is not the answer to my question.
The questioner : Yes, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : My question is whether the doctors have ruled that the illness is one from which recovery is not expected, God forbid, or is it an illness from which recovery is expected?
The questioner : No, O Shaykh, you can say it is an intermittent illness, meaning she feels better for fifteen days, like that.
The Shaykh : Haddat, haddat, may Allah guide you, haddat.
The questioner : Yes, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh: It happened.
The questioner : What?
The Shaykh : Haddat from hada, to deviate, deviation.
The questioner : No, no, recovery is expected, O Shaykh, that is all.
The Shaykh : Heh, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : Recovery is expected, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, so now does she have to make up days from Ramadan or Ramadans?
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, Ramadans.
The Shaykh : Ramadans.
The questioner : Ramadan...
The Shaykh : Okay, and how old is she?
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : How old is she, how old is she?
The questioner : Her age, O Shaykh, is from fifty, meaning...
The Shaykh : What Allah willed, she is still young.
The questioner : Young, O Shaykh, but the divorce that was twenty-six years from my age has made me an old woman.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar, may Allah be with her and for her.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Okay, and how many days, meaning, does she have on her?
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, every month approximately she has, meaning, five days, six days.
The Shaykh : And what is the total?
The questioner : By Allah, I do not know, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Does she not know?
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, she does not know either, but she says, meaning, from fifteen, sometimes it reaches the limit of making up.
The Shaykh : How much?
The questioner : Sometimes it reaches fifteen.
The Shaykh : Fifteen what?
The questioner : Days.
The Shaykh : Fifteen days from every month of Ramadan.
The questioner : Approximately, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : So, how many Ramadans?
The questioner : How many Ramadans exactly? It may be seven years, it may be, O Shaykh, seven years, for example.
The Shaykh : A predator.
The questioner : Seven years.
The Shaykh : Okay, did she fast this Ramadan?
The questioner : Yes, she fasted this Ramadan.
The Shaykh : She fasted it in its entirety.
The questioner : In its entirety except for four days.
The Shaykh : Okay, when she did not fast four days, why did she not fast?
The questioner : Meaning, fatigue comes to her, O Shaykh, she becomes severely tired, then she breaks her fast.
The Shaykh : Ah, by Allah, the matter now has extreme precision, and the reason is that the scholars distinguish between a chronic illness from which recovery is not expected, in which case it suffices for her to feed a poor person for each day.
The questioner : Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh : But if her illness is not a chronic illness but rather an illness from which recovery is expected, then it is necessary to fulfill the saying of the Exalted:
So whoever among you is ill or on a journey [during them] - then an equal number of days [are to be made up]
فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Is it clear?
The questioner : Clear, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Okay, may Allah reward you.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, you as well.
The Shaykh : Is there any other need?
The questioner : No, by Allah, be safe, O Shaykh, and we apologize for disturbing you.
The Shaykh : No disturbance, and may He bless you, you are traveling today.
The questioner : Yes, by Allah, if Allah wills, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Did you come by car or by plane?
The questioner : No, by Allah, O Shaykh, I came by car.
The Shaykh : In the car.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, I wish you a comfortable return to your country and residence.
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