Dr. Shawqi Allam, Mufti of the Republic, head of the General Secretariat for Fatwas and Roles in the world, said that a diabetic and others should respond to the doctor if he saw the necessity of breaking his fast and the danger of fasting for him.
He added, during his meeting on the program “Makarim Al-Akhlaq in the House of Prophecy”, presented by the journalist Hamdi Rizk, and broadcast on the Sada Al-Balad channel, that diabetes, as the specialists in medicine say, has degrees.
And the Mufti of the Republic continued that there are types of diabetes, the type that does not affect, and this does not harm fasting, and therefore fasting is required, and there are some doctors who say that fasting is beneficial for him, and there is a type of diabetes that is not very dangerous, and he has the option of breaking the fast or fasting, and on him Follow the best according to the doctor’s instructions.
Dr. Shawqi Allam pointed out that the third type of diabetes is very dangerous, and it is permissible for him to break his fast. Rather, he must break the fast if he fears that he may perish. For God Almighty says: {And do not kill yourselves, for God has been merciful to you.} [النساء: 29]Breakthrough Allaah: [البقرة: 195].
The Mufti concluded his speech by emphasizing that the patient with each of these three types of diabetes and other diseases must respond to the doctor if he sees the necessity of breaking his fast and the danger of fasting for him.
