What should a temporarily ill person do about missed Ramadan fasts?
2026-09-20
F14 · Selected fatwas
Shaykh Ibn Bāz
الشيخ عبد العزيز بن عبد الله بن باز
Original Q&A · Full displayed answer
The complete answer concerns illness that prevents fasting or makes it difficult, with makeup after recovery. The full Quran quotation and concluding prayer for success are retained.
النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
السائلة: ع. ز. من الطائف – السعودية تقول في سؤالها: أصابني مرض في البطن مما جعلني لا أقدر على صوم رمضان كاملا ماذا أصنع؟
الجواب
إذا أصاب المسلم مرض في البطن أو غيره لا يستطيع معه الصوم، أو يشق عليه الصوم، فإنه يفطر ثم يقضي بعد الشفاء لقول الله عز وجل في سورة البقرة: شهر رمضان الذي أنزل فيه القرآن هدى للناس وبينات من الهدى والفرقان فمن شهد منكم الشهر فليصمه ومن كان مريضا أو على سفر فعدة من أيام أخر يريد الله بكم اليسر ولا يريد بكم العسر ولتكملوا العدة ولتكبروا الله على ما هداكم ولعلكم تشكرون [البقرة:185].
والله ولي التوفيق.
English translation
English rendering prepared for SalafAlSalih.com from the cited complete Arabic answer; not an official translation.
Original question
A woman from Taif, Saudi Arabia, asks: I developed a stomach illness that prevented me from fasting the whole of Ramadan. What should I do?
Answer
If a Muslim develops an illness of the stomach or elsewhere that makes fasting impossible or difficult, he breaks the fast, then makes it up after recovery. Allah, mighty and exalted, says in Surat al-Baqarah: “Ramadan is the month in which the Quran was sent down as guidance for people and clear proofs of guidance and the criterion. Whoever among you is present in that month should fast it. Whoever is ill or travelling should fast the same number on other days. Allah intends ease for you and does not intend hardship for you, so that you complete the number and glorify Allah for having guided you, and that you may be grateful” [al-Baqarah 2:185].
Allah is the One who grants success.
Source and editorial notes
Official Ibn Bāz website, fatwa 11461; website cites Majmūʿ Fatāwā wa-Maqālāt 15/214
المريض يقضي ما أفطر بعد الشفاء
The Sick Person Makes Up Missed Fasts after Recovery
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