Is the Fidyah obligatory for a diabetic patient whom the doctor has forbidden from fasting and who takes insulin twice daily, and what is its amount, knowing that he follows the Maliki school of thought?
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We ask Allah for your father's swift recovery. If a trusted doctor determines that he cannot fast now or in the future, then he is permitted not to fast, and he should feed a poor person for each day [he misses]. Insulin injections during the day do not affect the validity of the fast.
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