The ruling on fasting Ramadan for one who has an illness that is not expected to end
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Question:
A message arrived from Libya, signed by one of the female listeners who used initials for her name (A. A. A). She says: I have an older sister who suffers from an illness in one of her feet, which keeps her on continuous treatment without interruption. In fact, if she stops the treatment, the illness returns to her. She has not been able to fast in the month of Ramadan, and sometimes she fasts three or four days. At the end of Ramadan, she intends to make up the days she missed, but as I said, her treatment is continuous; if she stops it, the illness returns. There is no opportunity for her to make up the days until another month of Ramadan arrives, and she has not made up the days she missed. What is the ruling in the situation described? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If the doctors, or even one trustworthy doctor, determine that this illness will continue and that its cure is not expected, then she must feed a poor person for each day, like the old man who is unable to fast. The old woman and the old man who are unable to fast must feed a poor person for each day the amount of a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), meaning approximately one and a half kilograms of dates or rice from the local staple food. This is sufficient. If this illness continues with her and there is no hope of a cure according to the doctors' assessment, then she must feed a poor person for each day, and praise be to Allah, and fasting is not required of her.
However, if a cure is expected, and the treatment may be beneficial by Allah's will, and the doctors say that she may be cured of it, if Allah wills, then the fast remains a debt in her conscience until she makes it up, if Allah wills, even if the period is long. If the period is long, she makes it up after a while, if Allah wills.
But if the specialist doctor, or two doctors, or more, determine that this illness is not expected to be cured, and that experience indicates that it will continue, and that fasting harms her, then she breaks her fast, and praise be to Allah, and she feeds a poor person for each day, like the old woman who is unable to fast, or the old man who is unable to fast. He feeds a poor person for each day and does not fast, and making up the fast is not required of him.
The obligatory amount is half a sa' of the local staple food, such as dates, rice, wheat, barley, or corn, which is approximately one and a half kilograms by weight. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
A message arrived from Libya, signed by one of the female listeners who used initials for her name (A. A. A). She says: I have an older sister who suffers from an illness in one of her feet, which keeps her on continuous treatment without interruption. In fact, if she stops the treatment, the illness returns to her. She has not been able to fast in the month of Ramadan, and sometimes she fasts three or four days. At the end of Ramadan, she intends to make up the days she missed, but as I said, her treatment is continuous; if she stops it, the illness returns. There is no opportunity for her to make up the days until another month of Ramadan arrives, and she has not made up the days she missed. What is the ruling in the situation described? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If the doctors, or even one trustworthy doctor, determine that this illness will continue and that its cure is not expected, then she must feed a poor person for each day, like the old man who is unable to fast. The old woman and the old man who are unable to fast must feed a poor person for each day the amount of a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), meaning approximately one and a half kilograms of dates or rice from the local staple food. This is sufficient. If this illness continues with her and there is no hope of a cure according to the doctors' assessment, then she must feed a poor person for each day, and praise be to Allah, and fasting is not required of her.
However, if a cure is expected, and the treatment may be beneficial by Allah's will, and the doctors say that she may be cured of it, if Allah wills, then the fast remains a debt in her conscience until she makes it up, if Allah wills, even if the period is long. If the period is long, she makes it up after a while, if Allah wills.
But if the specialist doctor, or two doctors, or more, determine that this illness is not expected to be cured, and that experience indicates that it will continue, and that fasting harms her, then she breaks her fast, and praise be to Allah, and she feeds a poor person for each day, like the old woman who is unable to fast, or the old man who is unable to fast. He feeds a poor person for each day and does not fast, and making up the fast is not required of him.
The obligatory amount is half a sa' of the local staple food, such as dates, rice, wheat, barley, or corn, which is approximately one and a half kilograms by weight. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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