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The ruling on a pregnant woman who intentionally induces vomiting in Ramadan

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Question:
The issue concerns a woman who was pregnant during last Ramadan, may Allah have mercy on her. When she was fasting, she felt the presence of the father in Makkah, and she did not feel safe until she changed, so she induced the change to feel safe. She did this several times during last Ramadan, and she does not know the number of days. Does she have to make up the period of restriction? And if she has to make it up, is it advised that she does not work on those days?

Answer:
Yes, she has to make up the fasts. If she intentionally induced vomiting, she has to make up the fasts, because it came in the hadith:
Whoever vomits, let him make up the fast,من قاء فليقض،
So she has to make up the fasts because she intentionally induced vomiting. And since she does not know the number of days, she estimates them. She estimates them based on what is most likely in her opinion, and she makes them up. Praise be to Allah. She estimates them based on what is most likely in her opinion and exercises caution. If, for example, she thinks it was four days, she makes it five, out of caution, and so on.
As for if she broke her fast, it is permissible for her to do so. If she broke her fast as long as she is pregnant and it is difficult for her to fast, it is permissible for her to break her fast and make up other days. Allah the Exalted said:
and whoever is ill or on a journey - then an equal number of other daysوَمَن كَانَ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ
[Al-Baqarah 2:185]
So if she broke her fast and did not burden herself with fasting, that would be better for her, adhering to the dispensation and benefiting from the difficulty, not burdening herself with fasting in this case. She was required to break her fast and make up other days. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 25 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/الطهارة/قضاء الحاجة/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:05:55)

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