by Sheikh
Bin Baaz (Rahimahullaah)
http://www.binbaz.org.sa/mat/13359/
http://www.binbaz.org.sa/mat/13359/
Question: I am sick and NOT able to fast. If I fast it will harm
me. Do I have to do expiation or what should I do?
Answer: This needs some explanation: If the sick person is likely to become
healed and the doctors are saying if he gets the treatment it’s anticipated
that he will be healed, then the fasting remains as a debt; the fasting remains
as a debt until the sick person becomes healed then he should make the fast
up.
But if the doctors have established
that the sick person is not likely to be healed from this sickness, rather it
is a permanent illness then he is like the elderly person who is not able to
fast and therefore he should feed one poor person for every day missed of the
fast.