A Pregnant Woman Breaking Her Fast in Ramadan
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Question:
This questioner, our brother Muhammad, sent a series of faxes for a single question. We tell our brother Muhammad that his question will be presented to the Honorable Shaykh. He says: The wife of this man is pregnant, Shaykh, in her eighth month. During Ramadan, she was exhausted by fasting, and her husband forced her to break her fast, while she was refusing. The husband says, “I am telling you that you do not have to fast,” and she has broken her fast. Does she owe anything?
Answer:
If it is difficult for the pregnant woman to fast out of fear for herself or fear for her fetus, she breaks her fast, because this is one of the excuses that permit breaking the fast, and she makes it up afterward. As for if there is no hardship on her, it is not permissible for her to break her fast merely because she is pregnant, unless there is hardship on her or on her fetus. Yes.
This questioner, our brother Muhammad, sent a series of faxes for a single question. We tell our brother Muhammad that his question will be presented to the Honorable Shaykh. He says: The wife of this man is pregnant, Shaykh, in her eighth month. During Ramadan, she was exhausted by fasting, and her husband forced her to break her fast, while she was refusing. The husband says, “I am telling you that you do not have to fast,” and she has broken her fast. Does she owe anything?
Answer:
If it is difficult for the pregnant woman to fast out of fear for herself or fear for her fetus, she breaks her fast, because this is one of the excuses that permit breaking the fast, and she makes it up afterward. As for if there is no hardship on her, it is not permissible for her to break her fast merely because she is pregnant, unless there is hardship on her or on her fetus. Yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 06 فتاوى على الهواء - 09 / 03 / 1433هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (16:41)
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