LAHORE – Muslims around the globe are observing the Holy Month of Ramazan with reverence, however, many of them have a query in their minds that who are exempted from fasting in the holy month.
Acclaimed televangelist, Dr Zakir Naik has proposed following categories of people who are exempted from fasting:
- If he/she is a minor. *
- If he/she is insane.*
- If it’s a lady and she is menstruating. **
- If she has post-natal bleeding. **
- If she is pregnant. **
- If she is breastfeeding. **
- If a person is ill or sick. **
- If a person is disabled. ***
- If person is very old. ***
- If the person is travelling. **
- If the person is taking part in Jihad or fight in the cause of Allah. **
- Under Compulsion. If someone forces the person to break the fast, he/she is exempted. **
*: They do not have to make their fast late on.
**: The moment the condition in which they are gets reversed then they have to make up for the fast they have missed before the next Ramadan.
***: Do not have to make up for the fast but they have to pay the ransom – the feeding of a poor person for every fast that they miss.
