Is it prescribed for a diabetic patient to break the fast in Ramadan and feed people in its place?

The questioner : Regarding fasting for a diabetic patient, some people are afflicted with diabetes, and it remains with them. So, what is best? Of course, there are days when he cannot complete the fast, and fasting becomes difficult for him. So, the best for this patient, the diabetic patient, regarding Ramadan is to pay in lieu of fasting, in lieu of food.

The Shaykh : Yes, he pays the fidyah, which is expiation, and that is feeding a poor person.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings, because this is attached toThe Shaykh : the old person who does not, it is from the decree of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) that his youth and strength do not return to him. So, every illness, every patient whose illness is hopeless for a cure, his ruling is that he does not fast and he expiates for every day by feeding a poor person, unlike the others.