Must one make up for and feed the poor for breaking the fast for one day in Ramadan due to a fever, and the doctor prescribed a fast-breaking injection and asked him to break the fast for two days, but he only broke it for one day?
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Your brother, due to illness, broke his fast during the day in . He only needs to make up that day, without expiation or feeding. However, if he delays making up the day until the next Ramadan without a valid excuse, he incurs sin and must feed a poor person in addition to making up the day, based on the Almighty's saying: "But whoever among you is ill or on a journey [during them] – then [he must make up] an equal number of other days."
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