If a woman is in the postpartum period, does she have to make up the fast or pay an expiation?
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The questioner: If she is in the postpartum period and she fasts to make up the missed days, otherwise she pays an expiation.
The Shaykh : If she is in the postpartum period.
The questioner: In the postpartum period.
The Shaykh : Very well, very well, so she gave birth.
The questioner: She gave birth.
The Shaykh : And she is breastfeeding.
The questioner: She gave birth and is breastfeeding, but she is in the postpartum period.
The Shaykh : The answer has already been given
The questioner: But she is in the postpartum period.
The Shaykh : And if she were... how is she in the postpartum period...
The questioner: I mean, she does not pray.
The Shaykh : Yes, like a menstruating woman, menstruating...
The questioner: Yes, like a menstruating woman, her ruling is like the ruling of a menstruating woman until she becomes pure.
The Shaykh : She has to make up the fast, she has to make up the fast.
The questioner: She has to make up the fast until she becomes pure and she broke her fast because of her breastfeeding, then it is calculated...
The Shaykh : It is so.
The questioner: I mean, she fasts forty days.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner: She fasts forty days for the postpartum period, then she breaks her fast... according to how the forty or twenty days pass, I mean, as soon as the breastfeeding is finished, she fasts forty days for the postpartum period.
The Shaykh : ...
The questioner: Or she pays an expiation.
Another questioner: No, no.
The Shaykh : A day of fasting, there is fasting for forty days.
The questioner: If she gave birth on the first day of Ramadan, the first day of Ramadan, if she gave birth.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: She broke her fast for thirty days.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner: Yes, how much fasting do these days require of her?
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner: I am asking you, does she have to make them up?
The Shaykh : Yes, she has to make them up.
The questioner: She has to fast them, I mean, these ones.
The Shaykh : Yes, she has to fast them.
The questioner: If after Ramadan, for example, she started breastfeeding and broke her fast for the month of breastfeeding.
The Shaykh : She has to pay an expiation.
The questioner: I asked for permission, she has a choice, either expiation or fasting, the pregnant woman...
The Shaykh : Thus,
The questioner: The woman in the postpartum period, no.
Another questioner: The woman in the postpartum period, no.
The Shaykh : No, the woman in the postpartum period is like a menstruating woman.
The questioner: Like a menstruating woman, the woman in the postpartum period, why did she break her fast because of menstruation, she did not break her fast because of...
The Shaykh : When she starts breastfeeding after the postpartum period, she takes the ruling of the nursing woman, as a ruling... but this is from the benefits of the council of knowledge.
The questioner: Even if the year entered and she did not catch up, it is not forbidden.
The Shaykh : No, no, we said this is the issue, look, we have here two issues: delaying the making up of the fast and hastening the making up of the fast. Delaying the making up of the fast is not permissible as long as she is able to hasten the making up of the fast. But if she was negligent and careless, neglected it, and delayed the making up of the fast, then the making up of the fast does not drop off her, but she will be responsible because of the delay.
This issue is exactly similar to the ruling of Hajj. The jurists differed on Hajj: is it obligatory immediately or with delay? Do you know this detail? Perhaps yes. And the correct view is that it is obligatory for every person who is able to perform Hajj, whether male or female, to hasten to perform Hajj, due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him)Sunan Ibn Majah 2883Hasan (Darussalam) Previously, it was known that these means of transportation, cars and airplanes, were not available at that time, so their means were mounts. So a lost mount, I mean, a person might have a camel which is his mount to Hajj, and it gets lost from him, so he cannot perform Hajj. And therefore he said (peace and blessings be upon him) Sunan Ibn Majah 2883Hasan (Darussalam) meaning, the healthy man becomes sick so he cannot perform Hajj. Similarly, a lost mount, his mount, he loses it. So he must therefore seize the opportunity of his health and the opportunity of his mount and hasten with Hajj. Therefore, performing Hajj immediately is the obligatory thing. But if he delays after five years, ten years, the obligation remains on his neck.
Similarly, the man or woman who has to make up fasts and delays after two or three Ramadans, this making up of fasts does not drop off, according to the previous detail. If the breaking of the fast was due to illness, then making up the fast is necessary. And if it was due to menstruation, then making up the days of menstruation is necessary. But if it was due to pregnancy or breastfeeding, then as we said just now, if she fasts, she performs the obligation that is upon her, and if she pays an expiation, she performs the obligation that is upon her. So she is therefore in a state of choice, having the option between fasting or paying an expiation, and by whichever she acts, she performs the obligation.
The questioner: Very well, if...
Another questioner: ... menstruation, menstruation.
The Shaykh : Are we done, or is there a new question here?
The questioner: A new question, I am done...
The Shaykh : If she is in the postpartum period.
The questioner: In the postpartum period.
The Shaykh : Very well, very well, so she gave birth.
The questioner: She gave birth.
The Shaykh : And she is breastfeeding.
The questioner: She gave birth and is breastfeeding, but she is in the postpartum period.
The Shaykh : The answer has already been given
The questioner: But she is in the postpartum period.
The Shaykh : And if she were... how is she in the postpartum period...
The questioner: I mean, she does not pray.
The Shaykh : Yes, like a menstruating woman, menstruating...
The questioner: Yes, like a menstruating woman, her ruling is like the ruling of a menstruating woman until she becomes pure.
The Shaykh : She has to make up the fast, she has to make up the fast.
The questioner: She has to make up the fast until she becomes pure and she broke her fast because of her breastfeeding, then it is calculated...
The Shaykh : It is so.
The questioner: I mean, she fasts forty days.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner: She fasts forty days for the postpartum period, then she breaks her fast... according to how the forty or twenty days pass, I mean, as soon as the breastfeeding is finished, she fasts forty days for the postpartum period.
The Shaykh : ...
The questioner: Or she pays an expiation.
Another questioner: No, no.
The Shaykh : A day of fasting, there is fasting for forty days.
The questioner: If she gave birth on the first day of Ramadan, the first day of Ramadan, if she gave birth.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner: She broke her fast for thirty days.
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner: Yes, how much fasting do these days require of her?
The Shaykh : Very well.
The questioner: I am asking you, does she have to make them up?
The Shaykh : Yes, she has to make them up.
The questioner: She has to fast them, I mean, these ones.
The Shaykh : Yes, she has to fast them.
The questioner: If after Ramadan, for example, she started breastfeeding and broke her fast for the month of breastfeeding.
The Shaykh : She has to pay an expiation.
The questioner: I asked for permission, she has a choice, either expiation or fasting, the pregnant woman...
The Shaykh : Thus,
The questioner: The woman in the postpartum period, no.
Another questioner: The woman in the postpartum period, no.
The Shaykh : No, the woman in the postpartum period is like a menstruating woman.
The questioner: Like a menstruating woman, the woman in the postpartum period, why did she break her fast because of menstruation, she did not break her fast because of...
The Shaykh : When she starts breastfeeding after the postpartum period, she takes the ruling of the nursing woman, as a ruling... but this is from the benefits of the council of knowledge.
The questioner: Even if the year entered and she did not catch up, it is not forbidden.
The Shaykh : No, no, we said this is the issue, look, we have here two issues: delaying the making up of the fast and hastening the making up of the fast. Delaying the making up of the fast is not permissible as long as she is able to hasten the making up of the fast. But if she was negligent and careless, neglected it, and delayed the making up of the fast, then the making up of the fast does not drop off her, but she will be responsible because of the delay.
This issue is exactly similar to the ruling of Hajj. The jurists differed on Hajj: is it obligatory immediately or with delay? Do you know this detail? Perhaps yes. And the correct view is that it is obligatory for every person who is able to perform Hajj, whether male or female, to hasten to perform Hajj, due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him)
Whoever intends to perform Hajj, let him hasten to do so
من أراد الحج فليتعجلWhoever intends to perform Hajj, let him hasten, for the sick may become ill and the mount may stray.
من أراد الحج فليتعجل فقد يمرض المريض وتضل الضالةWhoever intends to perform Hajj, let him hasten to do so, for he may fall sick
من أراد الحج فليتعجل فإنه قد يمرض المريضSimilarly, the man or woman who has to make up fasts and delays after two or three Ramadans, this making up of fasts does not drop off, according to the previous detail. If the breaking of the fast was due to illness, then making up the fast is necessary. And if it was due to menstruation, then making up the days of menstruation is necessary. But if it was due to pregnancy or breastfeeding, then as we said just now, if she fasts, she performs the obligation that is upon her, and if she pays an expiation, she performs the obligation that is upon her. So she is therefore in a state of choice, having the option between fasting or paying an expiation, and by whichever she acts, she performs the obligation.
The questioner: Very well, if...
Another questioner: ... menstruation, menstruation.
The Shaykh : Are we done, or is there a new question here?
The questioner: A new question, I am done...