What is the ruling regarding the two years a sick person was unable to fast due to a medical condition and then recovered? Is he required to make up those fasts, or is the expiatory feeding (Fidya) he gave sufficient?
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Whoever is unable to fast due to old age or an illness from which recovery is not expected, the expiation (fidya) becomes obligatory upon them according to the majority of scholars, and commendable according to the Malikis. It is one mudd for each day.
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