Fasting on Tisha B'Av with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Question
Peace and blessings! My wife has been suffering for years from irritable bowel syndrome. She suffers greatly from diarrhea and severe weakness. Just from the fear of the fast, she goes into hysteria and it causes her diarrhea. What is the law? Should she fast?
Answer
Shalom!
She should not fast.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, section Orach Chaim, chapter 554, paragraph 6
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