What is the ruling on a diabetic patient who cannot fast paying the fidyah for not fasting, and is that sufficient for her to obtain the reward of those who fast?
If a trusted female doctor has confirmed the inability to fast due to chronic diabetes, then you are permitted to break your fast, and it may even be obligatory. If the inability to make up the fast is continuous and unlikely to cease, then a (expiatory feeding) is due for each day of . This fidyah is a mudd of the staple food of the country (approximately 750 grams of rice), to be given to the poor after Fajr each day or deferred until the end of the month. The original principle is to give it as food, but its monetary value is permissible for the benefit of the poor. The patient will be rewarded for fasting, based on the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "If a servant falls ill or travels, what he used to do when he was a resident and healthy will be recorded for him."
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