What is the ruling on fasting for a heart patient who requires medication continuously?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. There is a man who is suffering from a heart condition.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : He has a heart condition, and only a small part of his heart is functioning, and he requires medication continuously.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That is, approximately every eight hours or six hours. So, is fasting dropped from him?
The Shaykh : Yes, the one who has this illness has fasting dropped from him, and he must feed one poor person for every day. If he wishes, he may give each poor person a quarter of a sa' of rice, and if he adds meat to it, that is better. If he wishes, he may feed them dinner on the last night of Ramadan, or feed them breakfast on another day during the festival of breaking the fast.
The questioner : If he is able to fast, but only because of the medication?
The Shaykh : With this medication, he is not able to. This is a patient who requires medication. Yes.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : He has a heart condition, and only a small part of his heart is functioning, and he requires medication continuously.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : That is, approximately every eight hours or six hours. So, is fasting dropped from him?
The Shaykh : Yes, the one who has this illness has fasting dropped from him, and he must feed one poor person for every day. If he wishes, he may give each poor person a quarter of a sa' of rice, and if he adds meat to it, that is better. If he wishes, he may feed them dinner on the last night of Ramadan, or feed them breakfast on another day during the festival of breaking the fast.
The questioner : If he is able to fast, but only because of the medication?
The Shaykh : With this medication, he is not able to. This is a patient who requires medication. Yes.