Is it permissible for an elderly person to break the fast in Ramadan and then pay the fidyah?
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The questioner : Shaykh, one question, may Allah bless you, before I leave. My mother has high blood pressure and severe diabetes. So if she fasts, her condition becomes very bad, in a way that is not expected, meaning it is terrible. I do not like it for her to be so sick...
The Shaykh : What do you mean by "I do not like it"? Since you want to force her to fast.
The questioner : You are right, but her condition is terrible, she cannot bear it.
The Shaykh : I understand, my brother. Can you make her break the fast?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : So what does the question mean? May Allah guide you.
The questioner : Okay, is it permissible for her to break the fast? She is afraid to break the fast. Is it permissible for her to break the fast?
The Shaykh: How.
The questioner : It is permissible for her to break the fast, and he pays on her behalf.
The Shaykh : Oh, it is permissible.
The Shaykh : What do you mean by "I do not like it"? Since you want to force her to fast.
The questioner : You are right, but her condition is terrible, she cannot bear it.
The Shaykh : I understand, my brother. Can you make her break the fast?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh : So what does the question mean? May Allah guide you.
The questioner : Okay, is it permissible for her to break the fast? She is afraid to break the fast. Is it permissible for her to break the fast?
The Shaykh: How.
The questioner : It is permissible for her to break the fast, and he pays on her behalf.
The Shaykh : Oh, it is permissible.
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