The Fifth Condition: Ability.
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The Shaykh : Five remain. The fifth of the conditions? Yes?
The student: Ability.
The Shaykh : Ability. Well done. Ability, and its opposite is
The student: Inability.
The Shaykh : Inability. Then inability is of two types: temporary inability that ends, such as a temporary illness. In this case, one breaks the fast and delays making up the fast until the inability ends. And permanent inability that is not expected to end, such as old age or illnesses that are not expected to end. In this case, one feeds one poor person for every day. The sixth? Here.
The student: Ritual purity.
The Shaykh : Ritual purity, and what does that mean?
The student: That one is pure...
The Shaykh : Meaning, if one is in a state of ritual impurity, then fasting is not obligatory upon him?
The student: Sometimes a woman is in a state of...
The Shaykh : Yes, well done.
The student: Ability.
The Shaykh : Ability. Well done. Ability, and its opposite is
The student: Inability.
The Shaykh : Inability. Then inability is of two types: temporary inability that ends, such as a temporary illness. In this case, one breaks the fast and delays making up the fast until the inability ends. And permanent inability that is not expected to end, such as old age or illnesses that are not expected to end. In this case, one feeds one poor person for every day. The sixth? Here.
The student: Ritual purity.
The Shaykh : Ritual purity, and what does that mean?
The student: That one is pure...
The Shaykh : Meaning, if one is in a state of ritual impurity, then fasting is not obligatory upon him?
The student: Sometimes a woman is in a state of...
The Shaykh : Yes, well done.