What is obligatory for a woman who is ill and unable to fast?
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Question:
The listening sister, Huda Zarid, sent a question saying: I am ill and unable to fast, and if I fast it harms me. Do I have to pay an expiation, or what should I do?
May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This requires a detailed explanation: If the illness is expected to be cured, and the doctors say that a cure is expected, that it can be treated, and recovery is anticipated, then the debt remains, and the fast remains in her liability until the patient recovers, and then she makes it up.
As for if the doctors determine that a cure is not expected, that it is a permanent illness, then she is like an elderly person who is unable to fast; she feeds a poor person for each day. The patient for whom a cure is not expected, whether male or female, feeds a poor person for each day: half a sa' of dates, or rice. She can collect this at the beginning of the month or at the end of the month, and give it to one poor person, two, or more. It is not obligatory to give it to a poor person every day; she collects it all and gives it to some of the poor.
This is if a cure is not expected, and the specialist doctor states that a cure is not expected, or two specialists, which is more cautious, state that a cure is not expected and the illness will continue. Then this patient whose illness continues breaks her fast and feeds a poor person for each day. She collects fifteen sa' if the month is full, or fourteen and a half if it is short, and gives it to some of the poor, to a poor household or a poor person, and praise be to Allah.
As for if a cure is expected and she may get well, if Allah wills, then the fast is deferred for her. So if Allah grants her health, she makes it up; based on the saying of Allah, the Exalted: [al-Baqarah:185] It remains in her liability until Allah cures her, and then she makes it up, even if it is after two or three years, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The listening sister, Huda Zarid, sent a question saying: I am ill and unable to fast, and if I fast it harms me. Do I have to pay an expiation, or what should I do?
May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This requires a detailed explanation: If the illness is expected to be cured, and the doctors say that a cure is expected, that it can be treated, and recovery is anticipated, then the debt remains, and the fast remains in her liability until the patient recovers, and then she makes it up.
As for if the doctors determine that a cure is not expected, that it is a permanent illness, then she is like an elderly person who is unable to fast; she feeds a poor person for each day. The patient for whom a cure is not expected, whether male or female, feeds a poor person for each day: half a sa' of dates, or rice. She can collect this at the beginning of the month or at the end of the month, and give it to one poor person, two, or more. It is not obligatory to give it to a poor person every day; she collects it all and gives it to some of the poor.
This is if a cure is not expected, and the specialist doctor states that a cure is not expected, or two specialists, which is more cautious, state that a cure is not expected and the illness will continue. Then this patient whose illness continues breaks her fast and feeds a poor person for each day. She collects fifteen sa' if the month is full, or fourteen and a half if it is short, and gives it to some of the poor, to a poor household or a poor person, and praise be to Allah.
As for if a cure is expected and she may get well, if Allah wills, then the fast is deferred for her. So if Allah grants her health, she makes it up; based on the saying of Allah, the Exalted:
and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other days
وَمَنْ كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَThe presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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