Hawzah News Agency - Based on the Fatwa (religious decree) of Ayatullah Khamenei, for fasting in Ramadan to be obligatory, one should meet the following terms:

1- Attaining the age of bulūgh,

2- Sanity,

3- Capability,

4- Consciousness,

5- Not being a traveler,

6- Not being in menses or nifās (for a woman),

7- Fasting is not harmful,

8- Fasting is not unbearably hard.

Fasting is obligatory for people who meet the above conditions. Therefore, fasting is not obligatory for an immature child, an insane person, an unconscious person, a person who is unable to fast, a traveler, a menstruating woman or after delivery in some cases, and a person for whom fasting is harmful or involves unbearable hardship.