Health experts, scholars call for more research on fasting by diabetics
Karachi
February 28, 2021
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, hundreds of millions of Muslims around the globe fasted in Ramazan last year, and this year too an overwhelmingly large number of people wish to keep fasts, but those suffering from chronic illnesses like diabetes, hypertension and heart disease should consult their doctors and physicians for safe fasting and to reap the physical and spiritual benefits of fasting.
These observations were made by Islamic scholars and health experts at an international health conference on Saturday.
“There are some extreme views that fasting is very harmful for the diabetes patients in all circumstances, and there are some who say fasting should be practised [even] in worst [health] conditions, but I think medical practitioners will be in a better position to explain to the patients as to how they should fast safely,” renowned Islamic scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani said while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the 7th International Diabetes and Ramazan Conference 2021.