My husband has diabetics. doctor advised him not to fast.
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Alaikkum,
My
husband has diabetics. doctor advised him not to fast. pls advice if it is
compulsory to fast, or what we have to do in turn if cannot fast due to
diabetics.
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Answer:
Fast when ill
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 185:
185 Ramadan is the (month) in which was sent
down the Qur'an as a guide to mankind also clear (Signs) for guidance and
judgment (between right and wrong). So
everyone of you who is present (or witnesses) the month should spend it in
fasting but if anyone is ill or on a journey the prescribed period
(should be made up) by days later.
Allah intends every facility for you He does not want to put you to
difficulties. (He wants you) to complete
the prescribed period and to glorify Him in that He has guided you; and
perchance ye shall be grateful.
If one is genuinely ill, or fears that fasting would
aggravate his illness, etc.; one has been given the option by the Lord Most
Merciful that the believer leave the fast/s and make up the missed fasts at a
later date/s of his convenience.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 184:
184 (Fasting) for a fixed number of days; but if any of you is ill or on
a journey the prescribed number (should be made up) from days later. For
those who can do it (with hardship) is a ransom the feeding of one that is
indigent. But he that will give
more of his own free will it is better for him and it is better for you that ye
fast if ye only knew.
If one is indulged in a permanent or terminal form of
illness and has absolutely no hope of recovering from that illness whereby one
is unable to even make up the missed fasts at a later date….then the atonement
for such terminally ill believers is the feeding of (at least) one poor
indigent person for each fast missed.
This form of atonement of feeding (at least) one poor person for each
fast missed is only for those who are terminally ill and have no hope of
recovery, and not for the temporarily ill….for the temporarily ill, they have
to make up their missed fasts by fasting on other days of their convenience.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan