What is the ruling on a person who is mentally ill breaking their fast due to severe thirst from medication prescribed by a doctor, then breaking their fast again without a medical permit, and then intentionally breaking their fast by engaging in sexual intercourse in the third year?
A sick person is permitted to break their fast if fasting causes them hardship, increases their illness, or delays their recovery, based on the words of Allah Almighty: "But whoever among you is sick or on a journey, then [he is to fast] a number of other days." The illness that permits breaking the fast is one where there is a fear of the illness increasing or recovery being delayed, whether this is known through the patient's experience or the word of a trustworthy doctor. There is no blame on someone who breaks their fast due to a legitimate religious excuse for doing all things that invalidate the fast during the daytime in , including conjugal relations with one's wife if she also has an excuse that permits her to break the fast.
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