The Ruling on Fasting for a Pregnant or Nursing Woman
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Question:
This one also asks: If a pregnant or nursing woman is unable to fast, do they break their fast? What is the ruling? Do they make up the fasts and feed people?
Answer:
If a pregnant or nursing woman fears for her own life, she breaks her fast and only makes up the fasts. However, if she fears for her child, or for the fetus, or for the nursing infant, she feeds people and makes up the fasts if she broke her fast for the sake of the fetus or for the sake of nursing. As for herself, she is strong enough to fast, but considering the condition of the nursing infant or the fetus, she breaks her fast, makes up the fasts, and feeds people, combining feeding with making up the fasts. Yes.
This one also asks: If a pregnant or nursing woman is unable to fast, do they break their fast? What is the ruling? Do they make up the fasts and feed people?
Answer:
If a pregnant or nursing woman fears for her own life, she breaks her fast and only makes up the fasts. However, if she fears for her child, or for the fetus, or for the nursing infant, she feeds people and makes up the fasts if she broke her fast for the sake of the fetus or for the sake of nursing. As for herself, she is strong enough to fast, but considering the condition of the nursing infant or the fetus, she breaks her fast, makes up the fasts, and feeds people, combining feeding with making up the fasts. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (099) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-08-09] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (17:24)
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