The ruling on one who breaks his fast in Ramadan due to an illness that is not expected to end
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Question:
A message was received by the program from the Arab Republic of Egypt, Sohag, Awlad Tuq. The sender of the message is one of the sisters from there, who says, Umm Mamdouh: “I have days of fasting from Ramadan that I owe, and I was, and still am, ill, and I was unable to fast. I have previously fed a poor person for each day, and this was because I was unable to fast, as I suffer from a stomach illness. Is feeding sufficient, or do you direct me to something else? Please inform me, may Allah reward you with good.”
Answer:
If the illness is expected to end, then feeding is not sufficient, and you must fast if Allah grants you health. However, if the doctors, meaning the specialist doctor or more than one, determine that this illness is not expected to end, and it is known by custom that such an illness persists, then feeding is sufficient, and praise be to Allah. This is like the old man and the old woman who are unable to fast; they feed a poor person half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) for each day, and that is sufficient for them. Thus, the ruling for the sick person whose illness is not expected to end is the same as the ruling for the old man and the old woman regarding the sufficiency of feeding in place of fasting. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. You are asking about feeding with money.
The Shaykh : No, that is not sufficient. No, feeding must be with food, half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) for each day, meaning approximately one and a half kilograms for each day, of dates, or wheat, or rice, from the staple food of the country.
The presenter : If I feed the poor people in a restaurant?
Answer : That is sufficient, yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Their breakfast, or their dinner... that is sufficient.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
A message was received by the program from the Arab Republic of Egypt, Sohag, Awlad Tuq. The sender of the message is one of the sisters from there, who says, Umm Mamdouh: “I have days of fasting from Ramadan that I owe, and I was, and still am, ill, and I was unable to fast. I have previously fed a poor person for each day, and this was because I was unable to fast, as I suffer from a stomach illness. Is feeding sufficient, or do you direct me to something else? Please inform me, may Allah reward you with good.”
Answer:
If the illness is expected to end, then feeding is not sufficient, and you must fast if Allah grants you health. However, if the doctors, meaning the specialist doctor or more than one, determine that this illness is not expected to end, and it is known by custom that such an illness persists, then feeding is sufficient, and praise be to Allah. This is like the old man and the old woman who are unable to fast; they feed a poor person half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) for each day, and that is sufficient for them. Thus, the ruling for the sick person whose illness is not expected to end is the same as the ruling for the old man and the old woman regarding the sufficiency of feeding in place of fasting. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. You are asking about feeding with money.
The Shaykh : No, that is not sufficient. No, feeding must be with food, half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) for each day, meaning approximately one and a half kilograms for each day, of dates, or wheat, or rice, from the staple food of the country.
The presenter : If I feed the poor people in a restaurant?
Answer : That is sufficient, yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Their breakfast, or their dinner... that is sufficient.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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