What is required of a nursing mother if she breaks her fast for the benefit of her child?

Question : The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, a woman has a nursing infant, and her fasting affects this child. If this woman breaks her fast for the benefit of her child, what is required of her?

Answer : If a nursing mother breaks her fast for the benefit of the infant, such that the infant is affected by the decrease in milk due to fasting, then she only has to make up the days she broke her fast. Some scholars said that if she breaks her fast solely for the benefit of the infant, then she has to make up what she broke and feed a poor person for every day on behalf of the infant whose maintenance is her responsibility. However, in my opinion, and Allah knows best, in these days the milk is not affected because the days are cold, the woman does not need water, and the day is short. But in the days of summer, the days of heat, the long days, the child may be harmed if the mother fasts. Yes.