Khāfa means “he feared”; in ṣāma introduces “if he fasts”; izdāda means “increased”; and the suffix -hu in maraḍuhu refers back to the ill person.
The sentence is conditional. The legal reason stated here is apprehended worsening from fasting, not every form of mild illness. The wording matters when one decides what the source actually states.
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Kitab al-Sawm: Illness, Travel, Make-up Fasts and Delayed Qaḍāʾ
Khāfa means “he feared”; in ṣāma introduces “if he fasts”; izdāda means “increased”; and the suffix -hu in maraḍuhu refers back to the ill person.
The sentence is conditional. The legal reason stated here is apprehended worsening from fasting, not every form of mild illness. The wording matters when one decides what the source actually states.