Concerning an elderly man, stricken with paralysis in half his body, and unable to fast; If he fasts, then his sickness worsens.
Category: Worship
Hemiplegia, high blood pressure, diabetes and heart condition
My mother is between 85 and 90 years of age, and has been afflicted with hemiplegia of the left side along with high blood pressure, diabetes and a heart condition. All this is based upon the doctor’s report.
The diabetic during Ramadhaan
I have a wife who is approximately 85 years of age; She is a Muslimah and in shaa.-Allaah she is from among the good people. During the latter years of her life, she has been afflicted with diabetes and has reached such a state of weakness that she has to be hospitalised and becomes unconscious, and sometimes when she is at home.
When the elderly are not obligated to fast
When are the elderly not obligated to fast during Ramadhaan?
The fast of the one who becomes senile during the day
What if during the day while he was sane and was fasting, he then became senile?
Ramadhaan and children under fifteen
Are children under the age of fifteen who have not attained puberty ordered to fast as is the case with the [obligatory] prayers?
Did not make the intention that night to fast the following day
After a man had gone to sleep [one night], the sighting of the moon for the start of Ramadhaan was [officially] announced; [This being the case] he had not made the intention that night to fast [the following day] and [as such] he woke up in the morning and did not fast [that day] since he was unaware of the [official announcement of the] sighting of the moon. So what is obligatory upon him now?
Intention of fasting
Is it sufficient to make the intention to fast – once at the beginning [for the entire month] – or is it required separately every day?
Making a new intention everyday fasting in Ramadhaan
What do you say about the one fasting in Ramadhaan; Is he required to make [a new] intention every day?
Intention for fasting
Concerning an imaam of a Hanafee masjid who mentioned to his congregation that he has a book in which it mentions – if the intention for the fasts of Ramadhaan are not made before the last appointed time for the ‘Ishaa [prayer] or [even] after it or at the time of suhoor (the pre-dawn meal), then there is no reward for his fast. So is this correct or not?