(30) Orang yang sangat tua, yang telah kehilangan kekuatan dan semakin lemah setiap hari seiring mendekatnya kematian, tidak wajib berpuasa, dan mereka dibolehkan untuk tidak berpuasa selama berpuasa itu terlalu berat bagi mereka. Ibn ‘Abbaas (semoga Allah meridhainya) biasa berkata mengenai ayat (terjemahan maknanya), "Dan bagi orang-orang yang masih sanggup berpuasa dengan berat (misalnya orang tua renta, dan lain-lain), mereka boleh memilih antara berpuasa atau membayar fidyah, yaitu memberi makan seorang miskin (untuk setiap hari)" [al-Baqarah 2:184]: "Ini belum dinasakh (dihapus hukumnya). Ayat ini berkenaan dengan lelaki tua dan perempuan tua yang tidak mampu berpuasa, maka mereka hendaklah memberi makan seorang miskin untuk setiap hari." (Al Bukhaari, Kitaab al-Tafseer, Baab Ayaaman Ma'doodaat…) Mereka yang telah pikun dan linglung tidak wajib berpuasa ataupun melakukan apa pun yang lain, dan keluarga mereka tidak wajib melakukan apa pun atas nama mereka, kerana orang seperti itu tidak lagi dianggap bertanggungjawab. Jika mereka kadangkala waras dan kadangkala linglung, mereka wajib berpuasa ketika waras dan tidak wajib berpuasa ketika linglung. (Lihat Majaalis Shahr Ramadaan oleh Ibn 'Uthyameen, hlm. 28).

(30) The very elderly who have lost their strength and are getting weaker every day as death approaches, do not have to fast, and they are allowed not to fast so long as fasting would be too difficult for them. Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) used to say, concerning the aayah (interpretation of the meaning), “And as for those who can fast with difficulty (e.g., an old man, etc.), they have (a choice either to fast or) to feed a poor person (for every day)” [al-Baqarah 2:184]: “This has not been abrogated. It refers to the old man and the old woman who cannot fast, so they should feed a poor person for every day.” (Al Bukhaari, Kitaab al-Tafseer, Baab Ayaaman Ma’doodaat…) Those who have become senile and confused do not have to fast or do anything else, and their family does not have to do anything on their behalf, because such people are no longer counted as responsible. If they are of sound mind sometimes and confused at other times, they have to fast when they are OK and they do not have to fast when they are confused. (See Majaalis Shahr Ramadaan by Ibn ‘Uthyameen, p. 28).