Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

Chapter: The Case of One Who Remains Ill for Two Consecutive Months of Ramadan َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّبَّاحِ الْكِنَانِيِّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَلَيْهِ ٠َضَانَ طَائِفَةٌ ثُ٠َّ أَدْرَكَهُ شَهْرُ رَ٠َضَانٍ قَابِلٌ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَصُو٠ِسْكِيناً فَإِنْ كَانَ ٠َا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى أَدْرَكَهُ شَهْرُ رَ٠َضَانٍ قَابِلٌ فَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ الصِّيَا٠ُ إِنْ صَحَّ وَإِنْ تَتَابَعَ الْ٠َرَضُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَ٠ْ يَصِحَّ فَعَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُطْعِ٠3.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn ‘Isma‘il from Muhammad ibn Fudayl from abu al-Sabbah al-Kinaniy who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who owes several days of fasting of the month of Ramadan and the next month of Ramadan comes. He (the Imam) said, ‘He is required to fast and feed one destitute for every day.

If he had remained ill in between until the next month of Ramadan, he only owes fasting if he becomes well, but if illness continues and he does not become well, he is required to feed one destitute for every day.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/311))