Is it permissible to pay the fasting expiation (fidyah) after the end of Ramadan for an elderly woman suffering from diabetes and another infirmity, according to the Hanafī school of thought?
Scholars have differed regarding the ruling on advancing the expiatory payment () for an elderly person who is unable to fast. The Hanafis permit advancing it at the beginning of the month, and this is the view preferred by Sheikh Ibn Baz and Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan. In contrast, the Shafi'is do not permit advancing it for two days or more.
As for the last time the fidyah can be paid, jurists also differed on this matter, holding two views: The first, which is the more prevalent, is that it can be paid at leisure (on slack), and is not limited to the end of . This is the view of the Hanafis and Shafi'is. The other view is that it is an immediate obligation, and this is the view of the Hanbalis.
The more apparent opinion is that the Hanafi in both issues is the closer one, which is to allow flexibility in paying the fidyah, whether at the beginning of the month, its end, or thereafter.
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