The Ruling on a Nursing Woman Breaking Her Fast in Ramadan

Question:
May Allah reward you. In her final question, she says: When I was nursing my daughter, I broke my fast on some days for the sake of nursing. We are unable to buy powdered milk, and all the nursing women among us break their fast for the entire month of Ramadan, even though some of them are able to nurse while fasting. What is the ruling on my actions and theirs? May Allah reward you with good and increase you in knowledge.

Answer:
It is not permissible for a nursing woman to break her fast in Ramadan unless fasting harms the nursing child, causing its milk to dry up or decrease. If the nursing child is harmed by the effects of fasting, then its mother, or the woman nursing it, breaks her fast, because this preserves a protected life. Thus, it is an excuse for breaking the fast. However, she must make up the days she broke her fast, and she must feed one poor person for each day, the amount being half a sa' of food for each day. This is necessary. Yes.