What is the ruling on one who leaves fasting in Ramadan due to an illness that is not expected to end, such as diabetes, and then dies afterwards?
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The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
The Shaykh : And upon you peace and the mercy of Allah
The questioner : The patient in Ramadan and after Ramadan recovered a little, on the basis that he is fine, meaning his condition allows him to fast. He owes days from Ramadan, and he was ill during Ramadan.
The Shaykh : Repeat the question.
The questioner : Ill in Ramadan.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : After Ramadan ended, he felt better, he felt well.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : My father said, "I will fast, because he owes days from Ramadan."
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : He fasted, tried one day, and felt that he was tired, that he was a bit exhausted from fasting.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : He said ... fasting ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Allah willed it, and Allah took him before this time that he had set, on the basis that ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Does his guardian make up the fast for him?
The Shaykh : And this illness is old in him.
The questioner : Yes, before Ramadan.
The Shaykh : No, I mean for a period, for example, before.
The questioner : Ill with diabetes and such.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And it happened to him.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you. He feeds a poor person for each day, because his leaving the fast was due to an illness that is not expected to end. Diabetes, may Allah protect us and you from it, generally does not end. So he feeds a poor person for each day. This is the Sunnah. How many days was our fasting? Our fasting this year was twenty-nine days.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : So he feeds twenty-nine poor people.
The questioner : He owes ...
The Shaykh : No, for each day he has a poor person. Twelve days, he feeds twelve poor people.
The questioner : Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
The Shaykh : And upon you peace and the mercy of Allah
The questioner : The patient in Ramadan and after Ramadan recovered a little, on the basis that he is fine, meaning his condition allows him to fast. He owes days from Ramadan, and he was ill during Ramadan.
The Shaykh : Repeat the question.
The questioner : Ill in Ramadan.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : After Ramadan ended, he felt better, he felt well.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : My father said, "I will fast, because he owes days from Ramadan."
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : He fasted, tried one day, and felt that he was tired, that he was a bit exhausted from fasting.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : He said ... fasting ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Allah willed it, and Allah took him before this time that he had set, on the basis that ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : Does his guardian make up the fast for him?
The Shaykh : And this illness is old in him.
The questioner : Yes, before Ramadan.
The Shaykh : No, I mean for a period, for example, before.
The questioner : Ill with diabetes and such.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And it happened to him.
The Shaykh : May Allah bless you. He feeds a poor person for each day, because his leaving the fast was due to an illness that is not expected to end. Diabetes, may Allah protect us and you from it, generally does not end. So he feeds a poor person for each day. This is the Sunnah. How many days was our fasting? Our fasting this year was twenty-nine days.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : So he feeds twenty-nine poor people.
The questioner : He owes ...
The Shaykh : No, for each day he has a poor person. Twelve days, he feeds twelve poor people.