Aziza Saeed Al-Qarni
Associate professor of jurisprudence, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Balqarnq, Bisha University, Saudi Arabia.
Issue: 100 | Pages: 147-159 | March 2025 | https://doi.org/10.54940/si69656998 PDF
Received:26/12/2023| Revised:30/03/2024 | Accepted:15/05/2024
Corresponding Author:adw.marf@gmail.com
Abstract
Narcolepsy is a rare chronic brain disorder that causes sudden sleepiness at inappropriate times. It is a rare, long-term neurological condition that causes a person to suddenly fall asleep at inappropriate times, and it has various symptoms including excessive daytime sleepiness, sleep paralysis, cataplexy, hallucinations. One of the objectives of this research is to explain the meaning of this disease and its negative impacts. It has multiple negative effects, such as impairing the performance of religious obligations like fasting and prayer, which exposes the patient to problems in work performance and social relationships, whether working at night or during the day, and increases the risk of accidents on the roads and weight gain due to medication use. There are rulings related to a fasting individual with narcolepsy during daylight hours in Ramadan, which have been measured and derived based on the rulings for a healthy fasting person. Fasting without intention is not valid, and it is most likely valid to fast for a narcoleptic person who sleeps throughout the day or most of it, without the obligation to make up missed fasts or renew the intention if they wake up from sleep while the night remains and it is likely that the fast is invalidated. It is likely that their fasting is invalid, and it is obligatory for the patient with narcolepsy to make up the missed fasts if someone pour water in their throat or consumes something that breaks the fast. It is also stated that if a woman has sexual intercourse during daylight hours in Ramadan, her fasting is considered invalid and she must make up for it. If someone becomes impure due to a wet dream or sleeps during daylight hours in Ramadan, or becomes impure due to sexual intercourse or a wet dream, their fasting is valid and there is no obligation to make up for it. The researcher also recommends further research on this disease and finding the appropriate treatment for its severity, as it is a serious condition that should not be neglected.
Keywords
Sleep, Narcolepsy, Fast, effect.
How to Cite
Al-Qarni, A. (2025), The Effect of Narcolepsy On Fasting a jurisprudential study, Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Sharia'h Sciences and Islamic Studies, Issue 100. pp.147-159. https://doi.org/10.54940/si69656998
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