What is the ruling regarding my sick mother who is unable to fast in Ramadan?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : My mother is sick and cannot fast. What is her obligation regarding this?
The Shaykh : She is unable to fast?
The questioner : She is unable to fast.
The Shaykh : How old is she?
The questioner : She is of advanced age, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : How old is she, may Allah guide you?
The questioner : She is old in age.
The Shaykh : How old is she, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : By Allah, I do not know. She cannot even walk.
The Shaykh : I mean, is she not your mother?
The questioner : She is my mother, yes.
The Shaykh : How do you not know her age?
The questioner : She cannot walk and she has an illness. What is her obligation regarding fasting, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Tell me how old she is.
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, I do not know.
The Shaykh : Twenty, twenty.
The questioner : She has been in this state since the days of the country.
The Shaykh : Twenty.
The questioner : What?
The Shaykh : One hundred.
The questioner : Approximately one hundred, I do not know... O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : There is no power or strength except by Allah.
The questioner : I do not know what her obligation is, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : My brother, speak honestly. How old do you estimate her to be?
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, she is in a state where she cannot get up, and my uncle cannot see, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Perhaps he does not understand me.
The student : The age, the age.
The questioner : By Allah, we do not agree on how old she is.
The student : I mean, approximately around.
The questioner : Around eighty or more.
The student : More than eighty, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : I mean, definitely eighty.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : For every day of Ramadan, she feeds one poor person food, food, not...
The questioner : Okay, she has no ability, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It is not money, it is food. Are you not her son?
The questioner : I am her son, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, you have the ability.
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : Why does she not have the ability? You have the ability, so feed one poor person on her behalf for every day.
The questioner : One poor person for every day.
The Shaykh : And that is the expiation.
The Shaykh : She is unable to fast?
The questioner : She is unable to fast.
The Shaykh : How old is she?
The questioner : She is of advanced age, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : How old is she, may Allah guide you?
The questioner : She is old in age.
The Shaykh : How old is she, may Allah guide you.
The questioner : By Allah, I do not know. She cannot even walk.
The Shaykh : I mean, is she not your mother?
The questioner : She is my mother, yes.
The Shaykh : How do you not know her age?
The questioner : She cannot walk and she has an illness. What is her obligation regarding fasting, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Tell me how old she is.
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, I do not know.
The Shaykh : Twenty, twenty.
The questioner : She has been in this state since the days of the country.
The Shaykh : Twenty.
The questioner : What?
The Shaykh : One hundred.
The questioner : Approximately one hundred, I do not know... O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : There is no power or strength except by Allah.
The questioner : I do not know what her obligation is, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : My brother, speak honestly. How old do you estimate her to be?
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, she is in a state where she cannot get up, and my uncle cannot see, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Perhaps he does not understand me.
The student : The age, the age.
The questioner : By Allah, we do not agree on how old she is.
The student : I mean, approximately around.
The questioner : Around eighty or more.
The student : More than eighty, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : I mean, definitely eighty.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : For every day of Ramadan, she feeds one poor person food, food, not...
The questioner : Okay, she has no ability, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : It is not money, it is food. Are you not her son?
The questioner : I am her son, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, you have the ability.
The questioner: All right.
The Shaykh : Why does she not have the ability? You have the ability, so feed one poor person on her behalf for every day.
The questioner : One poor person for every day.
The Shaykh : And that is the expiation.
Source
www.al-albany.com
The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.