بريطانيا: استعدادات المسلمين البريطانيين لصوم رمضان

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

استقبلت المراكز والجمعيات الإسلامية قدوم شهر رمضان بإصدار العديد من التحذيرات، وأخذ الاحتياطات لمساعدة المسلمين البريطانيين على الصوم لنحو 19 ساعة.

فقد أصدر المجلس الإسلامي البريطاني منشورات إرشادية لمرضى السكر، الذين يشكلون 325 ألف مسلم، ومرضى الجفاف، إضافة إلى بيان الأحكام الشرعية المتعلقة بصيام المرضى.

وقد أصدرت هيئة إسعاف شمال غرب "بريطانيا" تحذيرات مماثلة؛ حيث اعتمدت على التعاليم الإسلامية في نصيحة المرضى بتناول قدر متوازن من الأطعمة والسوائل، إضافة إلى الاقتداء بالمراكز الإسلامية في مطالبة المرضى الذين في حالة خطرة بالتوقف عن الصوم لتناول الأدوية في ظل سماحة التعاليم الشرعية؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Preparing for fasting the holy month of Ramadan, UK Islamic organizations and medics have issued warning ahead of Ramadan, as Muslims gear up for 19 hour fasting during the holy month.

“In 2014, the fasting hours for Ramadan will be some 19 hours long. With some five hours only available to eat, drink, sleep and pray, Ramadan in the UK will be tough,” the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) said in a statement cited by Al-Arabiya on Saturday, June 29.

This year, Muslims in the UK will have to abstain for food and water from dawn to dusk, for a period that reaches 19 hours a day.

Worried about people who suffer from diabetes and dehydration, the MCB leaflet included some advices to fasting Muslims.

“Long fasts put you at higher risk of low blood sugar levels and dehydration. If the weather is hot you can also become dehydrated without drinking, which can make you ill,” an MCB leaflet said.

“High blood sugar levels can also occur if you become dehydrated and/ or if you eat excessively at Suhoor or Iftar.”

“In accordance with Islamic teachings, all those who are ill, frail, pregnant, menstruating or are travelling are exempt from fasting,”

Sheikh Hamid Khalifa, the former Imam of the London Islamic Center, noted that Muslims should abide by the Islamic teachings and not to fast if their health faced any risks.

With about 325,000 British Muslims having diabetes, Britain’s North West Ambulance Service rushed to issue a statement insisting that balanced food and fluid intake between fasts is essential.

“If during this Ramadan period you start to feel unwell, disorientated or confused, our advice as supported by Islamic principles is to stop fasting and have a drink of water or other fluids,” the statement said.

“This is especially important for older adults, and for those with controlled medical conditions such as low/high blood pressure, diabetes and those who are receiving dialysis treatment.”