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.
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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.
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...
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...
Verifying the sighting of the crescent
How is it possible to verify the sighting of the crescent for any month, such as the month of Ramadhaan?