Does one with an ulcer have to fast?
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Question:
From the M.S.M. group in the Dammam region, asking about one who was unable to fast Ramadan due to an ulcer. How do you guide him? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If it is established by the doctors that fasting harms him, he breaks his fast; otherwise, he does not. He has to fast, because illnesses differ. The illness that prevents one from fasting allows him to break his fast, as Allah the Exalted said: [Surat al-Baqarah: 185]. If he has an illness that makes fasting difficult, he breaks his fast and makes it up. If he has an ulcer that fasting harms, he breaks his fast and makes it up.
If the specialist doctor determines that fasting harms the person with the ulcer and that recovery from it is hopeless, and the illness may persist, or it is one of the illnesses from which recovery is hopeless, then he breaks his fast and feeds one poor person for every day, like the very old, decrepit elder who cannot fast. He feeds one poor person for every day, half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of the local staple food. He collects it for all the days and gives it to some of the poor at the beginning of the month, in the middle of the month, or at the end of the month. That is fifteen sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) in a full month. If the month is twenty-nine days, it is fourteen and a half sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), which he gives to some of the poor. This is if the illness is not expected to end.
As for if recovery is expected and the doctors determine that recovery is expected, he hastens to make up the fast. He breaks his fast and makes it up afterwards if Allah grants him health. There is no feeding required of him if he makes it up in the year before Ramadan. There is no feeding required of him. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
From the M.S.M. group in the Dammam region, asking about one who was unable to fast Ramadan due to an ulcer. How do you guide him? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If it is established by the doctors that fasting harms him, he breaks his fast; otherwise, he does not. He has to fast, because illnesses differ. The illness that prevents one from fasting allows him to break his fast, as Allah the Exalted said:
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وَمَنْ كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍIf the specialist doctor determines that fasting harms the person with the ulcer and that recovery from it is hopeless, and the illness may persist, or it is one of the illnesses from which recovery is hopeless, then he breaks his fast and feeds one poor person for every day, like the very old, decrepit elder who cannot fast. He feeds one poor person for every day, half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of the local staple food. He collects it for all the days and gives it to some of the poor at the beginning of the month, in the middle of the month, or at the end of the month. That is fifteen sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) in a full month. If the month is twenty-nine days, it is fourteen and a half sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), which he gives to some of the poor. This is if the illness is not expected to end.
As for if recovery is expected and the doctors determine that recovery is expected, he hastens to make up the fast. He breaks his fast and makes it up afterwards if Allah grants him health. There is no feeding required of him if he makes it up in the year before Ramadan. There is no feeding required of him. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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