Is it valid for a person to fast on behalf of two individuals (the fasting person and their ill one) for 24 hours without a pre-dawn meal (suhoor)?
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A sick person who is unable to fast, either their illness is temporary and they must make up the days after recovery, or it is chronic and they must feed a poor person for each day. Fasting is only during the day, from dawn until sunset. Nighttime is not for fasting, and it is not permissible to make the nights of a time for fasting. Indeed, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade continuous fasting (without breaking it). It is not permissible for anyone to fast on behalf of a sick person, as the fundamental principle for physical acts of worship is that a Muslim performs them himself, and representation is not allowed in them.
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