Mufti Menk – The Ease of Fasting

			Remember my brothers and sisters. Fasting is a pillar of Islam, we have five pillars. Praying is
also a pillar of Islam, we must pray. Allah subhanahu wa taala tells us if you are unable to pray
because of sickness, or if you are traveling, then we can change for you a few things to make it
easy for you. Because you and I know that traveling is very, very difficult at times. So Allah says,
Well, if it's more than a certain amount of, you know, meterage more than a certain distance, or if
it is difficult, then your prayer, you may do it in a slightly different way. You may shorten it,
etc. So Allah is making it easy for us. Similarly, if you're unwell and you cannot stand in prayer,
		

			he says to us through the blessed lips of Muhammad, peace be upon him, that you can sit and pray no
problem. My aim is not to make things difficult for you, but you fulfill your duty. If you cannot
sit and pray, you may lie down and pray. Amazing, but you always do that which you are able to do in
the best possible way that you can do. These verses of fasting, show us that if you're unwell or
you're on a journey, you have an option of not fasting and making it up later on when you're okay or
when you're no longer on a journey. Imagine the blessing of the Almighty. He is giving us comfort.
In times of crisis. What is the crisis? The crisis is I can't fast if I'm not well, and I'm sickly
		

			or perhaps I am diagnosed with this virus. And I'm concerned about my immune system because I have
an underlying condition. Allah says the aim was never to make it difficult on you. Listen to what
Allah says after he says you must fast he says
		

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			sickly, incapable or on a journey can make the fast up later on after the month of Ramadan. Because
Allah says he wants ease for you. He does not want to make things difficult for you. He knows your
condition. Don't stress. So this is why people who have some excuse and they know they cannot
manage. Allah says no problem. You can make it up later on at another time. What about those who
really cannot because of their age or because they have a terminal illness and may never be able to
make it up? Well, in that case, he tells us that you can actually give a charity, a certain type of
charity known as a Vidya on for every facet that you have missed, and the Almighty will accept it
		

			from you