Foregoing the Fast in Sickness

1. If you are sick and fasting will harm you – you fear that your sickness will deteriorate by fasting, or you will take longer to recover, or you will die, then do not fast.
2. When you recover from the sickness then keep the Qadha.
3. However, it is not proper to form one’s own opinion in this matter and forego the fast. When a Deeni-conscious Muslim physician says that the fast will worsen your condition then only you should not fast.
4. Yes, if you have experience or a strong feeling that in your case the fast will harm you, it will then not be necessary to consult the physician.

(Behshti Zewar)