Is it obligatory for a sick and unconscious grandmother to make up the fast of Ramadan, especially since doctors have despaired of her recovery?
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If your grandmother is unconscious and does not regain consciousness, she is not obligated to fast or offer expiation, because sanity is a condition for religious obligation. However, if she regains consciousness for a period during which she could fast, then she must feed a poor person for each day she was conscious, based on the Almighty's saying: "And upon those who can afford it, a ransom of feeding a poor person." If she is unable to feed, then the obligation is waived.
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