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Could you please let me know where the grave of IMAM HASAN (R.A.) the grandson of our Rasool(s.a.w.s.) is.

Also if a person has one kidney & a bad heart is fasting still farz 

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Grave of Hasan (r.a)

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Your Question: Could you please let me know where the grave of IMAM HASAN (R.A.) the grandson of our Rasool(s.a.w.s.) is.

The historians of Islam are unanimous in their opinion that Hadrat Hasan ibn Ali (r.a.) died in Madinah and was buried in the ‘Baqi’ graveyard opposite the Masjid-al-Nabawi; and Allah Alone Knows Best.

Your Question: Also if a person has one kidney & a bad heart is fasting still farz . 

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verses 183-185:

183 O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you that ye may (learn) self-restraint.

184 (Fasting) for a fixed number of days; but if any of you is ill or on a journey the prescribed number (should be made up) from days later. For those who can do it (with hardship) is a ransom the feeding of one that is indigent. But he that will give more of his own free will it is better for him and it is better for you that ye fast if ye only knew.

185 Ramadan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an as a guide to mankind also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgment (between right and wrong). So everyone of you who is present (at his home) during that month should spend it in fasting but if anyone is ill or on a journey the prescribed period (should be made up) by days later. Allah intends every facility for you He does not want to put you to difficulties. (He wants you) to complete the prescribed period and to glorify Him in that He has guided you; and perchance ye shall be grateful.

The Messenger of Allah (saws) declared that the fasts of Ramadan is an obligatory duty on every believer and its significance and importance was epitomized when the Prophet (saws) included the fasts of Ramadan as one of the five pillars of Islam.

If a person is ill, and has only one kidney and a bad heart, and is not able to fast in Ramadan; there is absolutely no harm if he misses the fasts of Ramadan and makes up the missed fasts at any other time of the year. If one’s illness is perpetual and one has no hope of recovery, then the atonement of the missed fasts of Ramadan is to feed one indigent or poor person for each fast missed. Allah Subhanah is well aware of the condition of each in His creation, and if a person is ill and misses his fasts of Ramadan, and subsequently atones the missed fasts by either fasting on other days of the year, and if even that is not possible due to his perpetual ill health, one atones for the missed fasts by feeding one indigent person for each fast missed; it is expected that the Lord Most Merciful will accept their atonement and will not diminish their reward in the least, Insha Allah.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan