Ata' said: I heard Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) recite: "And upon those who are burdened with it (yutawwaqunahu) is a ransom: the feeding of a poor person" [Surah al-Baqarah: 184]. Then Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: This is not abrogated; rather, it is for the very old man and the very old woman who are unable to fast, so they should feed a poor person in place of each day.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8315
Ata' narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty: "And upon those who are burdened with it (yutawwaqunahu)" [Surah al-Baqarah: 184], that is, they undertake it with hardship and are not able to do it; "the feeding of a poor person. But whoever volunteers good" [Surah al-Baqarah: 184], and so feeds another poor person, "it is better for him" [Surah al-Baqarah: 184]. This is not abrogated. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "No concession has been given in this except to the very old man who is not able to fast, and to the sick person who knows that he will not be cured."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8316
Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to recite: "And upon those who are burdened with it (yutawwaqunahu)" [Surah al-Baqarah: 184]. He would say: This refers to the very old man who is not able to fast, so he breaks his fast and should feed a poor person half a sa' of wheat in place of each day.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8317
Ikrimah narrates from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the very old man has been granted a concession to break his fast and feed a poor person one mudd for each day, and he does not have to make it up.
(Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The very old man has been granted a concession to break his fast and feed a poor person in place of each day, and he does not have to make it up.)
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8318
Ata' bin Abi Rabah said that he heard Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) say: Whoever reaches old age and cannot fast the month of Ramadan must give one mudd of wheat for each day.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8319
Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) became weak one year before his death, so he did not fast and ordered his family to feed a poor person in place of each day. Hisham said: He then fed thirty.
(In the hadith of Hisham it says that he then fed thirty poor people.)
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8320
Humayd narrates that in the year Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) died, he was unable to fast, and he knew that he would not be able to make it up either. So I asked his son Umar: What did Abu Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) do? He said: A tub of bread and meat was prepared, and we fed that number of poor people or more, meaning thirty men, one man for each day.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8321
Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates: I heard Qays bin al-Sa'ib (may Allah be pleased with him) say that a person can give ransom for the month of Ramadan by having a poor person fed on his behalf for each day, "so feed two poor people on my behalf."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8322
Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And upon those who are able to fast (only with hardship) is a ransom: the feeding of a poor person" [Surah al-Baqarah: 184]. This refers to the old man who used to fast and then became unable, and the pregnant woman for whom it is a hardship; upon them both is the feeding of one poor person for each day until the month of Ramadan is completed.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8323
Abu Amr, the freed slave of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), narrates that Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) used to recite this verse: "And upon those who are burdened with it (yutawwaqunahu) is a ransom" [Surah al-Baqarah: 184].
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8324