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Is it permissible for a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis to break their fast in Ramadan, when two Muslim doctors have determined that they cannot endure fasting?

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If two Muslim doctors decide that fasting will harm the patient, then he may break his fast and must make up for the missed fasts after his recovery. If he is unable to make them up, then he must feed a poor person for each day.

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