What is incumbent upon a wife who missed fifteen days of the previous Ramadan due to hereditary stomach ulcers, relying on her own and her mother's experience without consulting a doctor, and who is unable to fast this current Ramadan? And what is the definition of a chronic illness? And is she required to make up the days she missed if she recovers from her illness, which she considered chronic and medically incurable?

One must consult a trusted doctor to determine the nature of the illness: whether it is one from which recovery is hoped for or not. If it is a chronic disease for which there is no cure and fasting harms the patient, then she should not fast and should feed a poor person for each day. If she recovers, she does not have to make up the fasts and must fast in the future. However, if fasting does not harm her, she must fast and should not break her fast due to illusions or fear, especially since she has already fasted for 15 days.