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Fasting in Ramadan Due to Illness
A woman suffers from diabetes, hypertension, and nerve issues, and the doctor told her not to fast. She gives a compensation for her breaking of the fast, 150 dinars from the first day of Ramadan, which she uses to buy food supplies and prepares them as parcels. Is her action correct?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: She is like those who have excuses, so she is allowed to break her fast, and she must provide a compensation for each day by feeding a poor person, at a rate of two dinars. It is permissible to pay the compensation from the beginning of the month, and God knows best.
