Is there a make-up fast for the pregnant or nursing woman, or is an expiation alone required of her?

Question:
Is there a make-up fast for the pregnant or nursing woman, or is an expiation alone required of her? I have heard from some people, and they cited a proof from Ibn 'Abbas stating that feeding is required of them only, and that they are among those who are able to fast. Please guide us, may Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
The correct and stronger position is that if the pregnant or nursing woman breaks her fast out of fear for herself, she is required to make up the fast only; she is required to make up the fast only. However, if she breaks her fast out of fear for the fetus or the nursing infant, or because the milk will dry up, she is required to do two things: make up the fast and feed one poor person for every day. Making up the fast is necessary, as held by the majority of scholars; making up the fast is necessary. As for feeding, if the breaking of the fast was due to harm to herself, she is not required to feed. But if she breaks it due to the child's illness, she is required to feed one poor person for every day in addition to making up the fast.
As for the saying of Allah the Exalted , this applies to the old, feeble person who is unable to make up the fast, or the person with a chronic illness who is unable to make up the fast. Such a person offers the ransom, which is feeding one poor person for every day, and he is not required to fast, neither make-up nor otherwise. As for the pregnant or nursing woman, she is able to make up the fast once her excuse is removed. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.