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862 If a person is ill and can not keep any of the Fast in the month of Ramadan, what should he do? Does he pay for two meals or just one per day? How much does he have to pay in pounds or if he sends money to Pakistan, should he pay in pounds or rupees?
Firstly, he can wait until Allah (S.W.T) grants him recovery and he can then make up the Fasts.

Secondly, if the illness is of a permanent nature, then he can make up for the Fasts through the means of paying Fidya. This is done by feeding the poor for each Fast missed.

The calculation made for each Fast missed will be for 2 meals per day.
(i.e.: 4 Fasts missed will result in providing 8 meals to the poor and needy)

It is important to be aware that the meals that are worked out or provided, should be similar to the ones that the person missing the Fast normally consumes on a day to day basis. Then it is his choice as to whether to feed the poor in the residing country or send the money to any other country of his choice.

The currency and expense should be worked out from whichever country that person is residing in.

(Answered by: Hafiz Mohammed Akhtar)
Category (Ramadan / Fasting)
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