He is sick and has to take medicine during the day I have medication for my mental problem. I have to take my medicin in the morning and in the evening. This evening medicin makes me tired and sometimes I cant wake up for suhuur and then I miss my morning medicin. And it is late to take iftaar time my morning medicin. What I should do? I have been fasting few days now but I stoped today because of this medication. Is it possible that I pay sadaqa in the end of Ramadhan?. Praise be to Allaah. Firstly: We ask Allaah, the Lord of the mighty Throne, to heal you and to reward you. any sickness that causes intense hardship for one who fasts, or there is the fear that his sickness may become worse or his recovery may be delayed if he fasts. If your situation is like this, then it is permissible for you not to fast in Ramadaan. Secondly: If you can take the medicine once when breaking the fast and once at sahoor, then this is what you have to do, and it is not permissible for you to break the fast in that case, because there is no excuse that makes it permissible not to fast. But if that is not possible, and you have no choice but to take the medicine during the day, then it is permissible for you not to fast. Thirdly: With regard to giving charity instead of fasting, you have to refer to trustworthy doctors. If there is the hope of recovery from your sickness, then you have to make up the fasts and it is not permissible for you to feed others instead, because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “but if any of you is ill or on a journey, the same number (should be made up) from other days” [al-Baqarah 2:184]. So you should wait until Allaah heals you then make up the days that you did not fast. But if there is no hope of recovery from your sickness, then you do not have to make up the missed fasts, and you have to feed one poor person for every day. It should be noted that what is required is to give food, and giving money instead of food does not count. And Allaah knows best. He broke the fast deliberately when he was younger; what should he do? I am now sixteen. When I was fourteen I had some bad friends and I used to spend most of my time with them. I used to go out with them during the day in Ramadan, and I used to break the fast and eat food and smoke cigarettes, etc. I also used to do the secret habit. I do not remember how many days I broke the first, as it never occurred to me that I would have to make them up. I also did not know that the secret habit is haraam. What should I do now? Can you give me any advice? Can observing naafil fasts take the place of making up fasts?. Praise be to Allaah. Islamic duties are not obligatory for a boy until after he reaches puberty, because the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The Pen has been lifted from three: from the insane one who has lost his mind until he comes to his senses; from the sleeper until he wakes up; and from the child until he reaches puberty.” Narrated by Abu Dawood, 4399; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Sunan Abi Dawood. The sign of puberty for males is when one of three things happen: emission of maniy (semen), growth of coarse hair around the private part, or reaching the age of fifteen. In the case of females, puberty is reached when one of these three signs appear; in addition there is a fourth sign, namely menstruation. It is not essential that all of the signs appear; rather the appearance of one of them is sufficient to rule that the individual has reached puberty. It should be noted that the years that count with regard to reaching puberty are hijri years (Islamic lunar calendar). If your age at the time you mentioned was fourteen years according to the Gregorian calendar, then your age according to the Hijri calendar will be approximately half a year more than that; in this case it is likely that you had reached the age of accountability. All of this applies so long as the other signs had not appeared in your case. Based on that, if you broke the fast in Ramadan when you had not yet reached puberty, then you do not have to do anything, because fasting was not obligatory for you (at that time). But if you broke the fast during the day in Ramadan when you had reached puberty at that time according to one of the signs of puberty mentioned above, then what you have to do is repent and regret it, and resolve not to go back to that grave sin again. With regard to making up the fasts, if you broke the fast during the day after having started to fast it, then you have to make up the fast, but if you did not fast at all, then you do not have to make it up and it is sufficient to repent sincerely, in sha Allah. You have to do a lot of voluntary fasts, because that will make up for the shortcomings that occurred with regard to the obligatory fast. Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about the ruling on breaking the fast during the day in Ramadan without any excuse. He replied: Breaking the fast during the day in Ramadan without any excuse is one of the gravest of major sins, and the individual becomes a faasiq (rebellious evildoer) thereby. He has to repent to Allah and make up that day on which he broke the fast. In other words, if he fasted and during the day he broke the fast with no excuse, then he has sinned. He has to make up that day on which he broke the fast, because when he started to fast it became binding upon him; because he started it on the basis that it was obligatory, he has to make it up, like a vow that must be fulfilled. But if he deliberately did not fast at all with no excuse, then the more correct view is that he does not have to make it up, because it will not benefit him at all, as it will never be accepted from him. The basic principle with regard to the act of worship that are connected to a specific time is that if it is delayed until that specific time has ended with no excuse, it will not be accepted, because the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever does an action that is not part of this matter of ours will have it rejected.” And because he has transgressed the limits set by Allah, and transgressing the limits set by Allah is wrongdoing, and good deeds are not accepted from the wrongdoer. Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): “And whoever transgresses the limits ordained by Allah, then such are the Zalimoon (wrong-doers, etc.)” [al-Baqarah 2:229]. And just as if he did this act of worship before the time for it began, it would not be accepted from him, by the same token if he does it after the time for it has ended it will not be accepted from him unless he had an excuse. End quote from Majmoo‘ Fataawa ash- Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 19/89 In the case that it is obligatory to make it up, if the individual has forgotten the number of days on which he broke the fast during Ramadan, then he must do what he thinks is most likely to be the case, because Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): “So keep your duty to Allah and fear Him as much as you can” [at-Taghaabun 64:16]. If he thinks it most likely that he broke the fast on ten days, then he should make up those ten days. And Allah knows best. Can he work at night and not fast by day because of taking medicine? I am twenty-seven years old and I have been suffering a chronic nervous disease for six years. I was unable to work and my father was the one who has been taking care of buying the medicines,which are very expensive. I looked for work but I could not find anything except working as a security guard at night, from 6 PM to 6 AM, so that I could help in buying the medicines. I consulted my doctor and he advised me to take the medicine during the day in three doses instead of at night, because it causes sleepiness. This year I want to fast the month of Ramadan, so I am asking you to please advise me of the best way and is fasting obligatory for me? Praise be to Allah. Firstly: We ask Allah the Almighty, Lord of the Mighty Throne, to grant you a speedy recovery. Secondly: It is permissible for the one who is sick to not fast during the day in Ramadan, then when Allah heals him, he must make up the days when he did not fast, because Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): “and whoever is ill or on a journey, the same number (of days which one did not observe Sawm (fasts) must be made up) from other days. Allah intends for you ease, and He does not want to make things difficult for you” [al-Baqarah 2:185]. Thirdly: First of all you should try to look for work during the day that is compatible with your illness, as you have to take the medicine at night. By doing that you will combine both interests. If you cannot find any work except at night, and you are not able to take the medicine then because it makes you sleepy, there is nothing wrong with you working at night and taking the medicine during the day, and this will be an excuse for you not to fast. If it is possible for you to leave the job, even if that is during the month of Ramadan, and then resume after Ramadan, that is better, so long as it will not result in negative consequences for you, such as being dismissed from your job. Al-‘Allaamah al-Haytami (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It is permissible not to do it (i.e., fasting) in the case of work such as harvesting or building for himself or for someone else, voluntarily or in return for payment, if it is not possible to work at night and if fasting could affect his ability to earn a living that he cannot do without. In that case, it appears that he may break the fast, but only as much as is necessary. End quote from Tuhfat al-Muhtaaj, 3/430 In other words, it is permissible to break the fast for the one whose ability to earn al iving that he cannot do without will be affected. But his breaking of the fast should only be as much as is necessary. Based on that, there is no sin on you for breaking the fast if you are not able to leave your job, even if that is only for Ramadan. If there is a hope of recovery from this sickness, then you have to make up the missed fasts when you are able to do so. If the sickness will remain with you, according to the doctor’s opinions, then you do not have to make up the fasts, but you have to feed one poor person for each day you do not fast. And Allah knows best.
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