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The Ruling on Fasting for a Woman in Postpartum Bleeding and a Nursing Mother

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The questioner:
Among the questions that came in, Sister Umm Muram says: Regarding a woman who is in postpartum bleeding and a nursing mother, and fasting, what should the woman in postpartum bleeding and the nursing mother do?

The Shaykh:
The mother.

The questioner:
The one who gave birth to a child and is nursing.

The Shaykh:
The one who gave birth to a child is in postpartum bleeding; she does not fast because she is in postpartum bleeding.

The questioner:
And regarding

The Shaykh:
the nursing mother, if she needs to break her fast because she becomes weak from nursing, she breaks her fast and makes up the fast. This nursing mother, if nursing weakens her, she breaks her fast for the sake of nursing the child, yes, for the sake of nursing the child and not having a deficiency in his food, she breaks her fast and makes up the fast on other days. This is one of the legitimate excuses for breaking the fast. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4267] حكم صيام النفساء والمرضع - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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