Fasting of the Nursing Mother in Ramadan
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: My wife is nursing our son, who is four months old. What should she do in Ramadan? Should she fast or break her fast?
Answer:
If the child is harmed by the fasting and his milk dries up, or if the woman is harmed in her health and cannot fast and nurse, then she breaks her fast and makes up the days from other days, as the scholars of the Salaf issued a ruling to that effect. She breaks her fast and makes up the days from other days; many of the Companions issued a ruling to that effect. If the fear is only for the child, then in addition to making up the fasts, she must feed one poor person for every day. If the fear is for her own health, then she only makes up the fasts, and she is not required to feed anyone.
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: My wife is nursing our son, who is four months old. What should she do in Ramadan? Should she fast or break her fast?
Answer:
If the child is harmed by the fasting and his milk dries up, or if the woman is harmed in her health and cannot fast and nurse, then she breaks her fast and makes up the days from other days, as the scholars of the Salaf issued a ruling to that effect. She breaks her fast and makes up the days from other days; many of the Companions issued a ruling to that effect. If the fear is only for the child, then in addition to making up the fasts, she must feed one poor person for every day. If the fear is for her own health, then she only makes up the fasts, and she is not required to feed anyone.
Source
75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 31 — archive.org (45:43)
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