“Shaykh” means an elderly person; “fānī” describes severe decline of capacity. The legal label is not attached to everyone past a particular birthday; it concerns the degree and persistence of inability to fast.
Quduri does not set a numerical age threshold here. A person who remains able to fast is not classified as permanently incapable simply because of advanced age.
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Kitab al-Sawm: Pregnancy, Nursing, Permanent Inability and Fidya
“Shaykh” means an elderly person; “fānī” describes severe decline of capacity. The legal label is not attached to everyone past a particular birthday; it concerns the degree and persistence of inability to fast.
Quduri does not set a numerical age threshold here. A person who remains able to fast is not classified as permanently incapable simply because of advanced age.