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− every adult, with certain exemptions. A sick person, one who is traveling, a woman with child or giving a suck to a child, an old person, one who finds the severity of the fast hard to bear on account of age or other infirmity, are exempt. When the reason for exemption is only temporary, as for instance illness from which the sufferer recovers, the number of days of the fast which are missed should be made up at any time during the successive eleven months. God Almighty says in the Holy Qur’an: − jaA ÂBÍA Å¿ Ñf¨¯ j°m Ó¼§ ËA BzÍj¿ ¸Ä¿ ÆB· ÅÀ¯ ‘ ä È äå î ì ä æ éê Ñ ì ê ä î ä ä Ð ä æ ä í æ ê ì æ å æ ê ä ä æ ä ä faman kana minkummmaridan au 'ala safarin fa 'idda tummin − − ± − ayyamin ukhar − But whoso among you is sick or is on a journey the same shall fast number of other days. (2:185) Should the cause of the exemption continues over a lengthy period of time or becomes permanent, as in the case of old age or chronic infirmity, the exemption is absolute; but the person concerned, if he can afford it, should pay expiation ( ), i. e. , the person should arrange to Fidyah provide food for a poor person throughout the month of or give Ramadan ± − cash. The Holy Qur’an says: − Åθn¿ ÂB¨ ÒÍf¯ ÉÃÌ´ÎñÍ ÅÍh»A Ó¼§ Ë ( î È æ ê æ ê å ä ä Ñ ä æ ê ä æ å æ ê å ä æ ì ä ä ä wa ‘alalladhina yutiqunahu fidyatun ta‘amu miskin − ± − − − ± − − And for those who are able to fast with great difficulty is an only expiation -- the feeding of a poor man. (2:185) 148