A Patient Unable to Fast and Pay the Fidya

Question
What should a person do if they cannot fast during Ramadan due to illness and are also poor and unable to pay the fidya?
Answer

I say, and with God's success: The fidya remains a debt on his neck until he is able to pay it, and God knows best.

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