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Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Is it permissible to not fast in my case?

Assalamu alaykum, I had some questions regarding fasting during the month of Ramadan but this needs a little back story.

When I was 10, I had appendicitis and thus my appendix was taken out. A few months on, presumably due to complications, I had to go in for emergency surgery as my small intestines had twisted and blocked up completely. The doctors weren’t sure why this was happening but the same thing happened, give or take a week, the exact same time the next year (around my birthday too so that wasn’t fun for an 11 year old). It was the same procedure and I was back out of hospital. It then happened again the same time the next year and this one was much more serious, leaving me hospitalised for around a month. The next year, again but not as dangerous. In the years after that, I’d been hospitalised at the same time each year but haven’t needed surgery again.

To put it shortly, I’d had surgery every year from ages 10-14 and I have been hospitalised for ages 15/16. This was during Ramadan each time and doctors advised my parents to not let me fast as not eating or drinking for long periods of time may have been a cause. Following their advice, I didn’t fast when I was 17 or 18 and have had 0 issues. However, I started fasting again this year (I’m 19) and so far in the first 11 days, I haven’t felt anything wrong except for feeling small stomach aches (which aren’t too unusual). However, it is causing a lot of concern for my parents as they are worried it would happen later in the month and I won’t be able to know if something is wrong unless it’s too late. As a result, they’ve asked me to either not fast for the remainder or to only fast up until a certain point and break it early.

I’m not sure what to do. While I do feel capable of fasting a whole day, my parents are right in being concerned because if something does go wrong, it is impossible to tell until it’s too late. I came to this subreddit for advise on whether or not I should fast or if it’s expected of me to fast. I’m sorry for the long read but I’m very confused about it and would appreciate any advice or guidance.

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