A woman who gave birth in Sha'ban and became pure in the tenth of Ramadan: is it permissible for her to begin fasting while she is breastfeeding, given that she is able to do so?
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The Shaykh : Okay, please go ahead!
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. A woman gave birth in Sha'ban and became pure in the tenth of Ramadan. Is it permissible for her to begin fasting, given that she is able to do so, and that some doctors mentioned that the child can endure or go for a period of six hours without breastfeeding?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Can the child endure six hours without breastfeeding, and she is able to fast?
The Shaykh : Yes, what does the medical opinion say?
The questioner : That the child can tolerate six hours without breastfeeding.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Six hours without breastfeeding.
The Shaykh : Yes, but she will still breastfeed?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Is she still breastfeeding or not?
The questioner : Yes, she is breastfeeding.
The Shaykh : And her milk supply is not diminished?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In that case, it is obligatory for her to fast. When a woman becomes pure from menstruation or post-natal bleeding, it is obligatory for her to fast, except that if she becomes pure during the day, she is not required to abstain from food and drink.
The questioner : She became pure on the tenth of Ramadan.
The Shaykh : No, I am telling you: it is obligatory for her to fast.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : She must fast the remaining twenty days as an obligation, as long as there is no harm to the child. But as I told you: if she becomes pure during the day, she is not required to abstain; she remains in a state of breaking the fast. Neither she nor a menstruating woman is required to abstain; even if a menstruating woman becomes pure, for example, in the middle of the day, she remains in a state of breaking the fast, eating and drinking. And this day will have to be made up in any case.
The questioner : And what if she is unable to fast?
The Shaykh : If she is unable, she is like the others, like the one who is incapable. Yes.
The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. A woman gave birth in Sha'ban and became pure in the tenth of Ramadan. Is it permissible for her to begin fasting, given that she is able to do so, and that some doctors mentioned that the child can endure or go for a period of six hours without breastfeeding?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Can the child endure six hours without breastfeeding, and she is able to fast?
The Shaykh : Yes, what does the medical opinion say?
The questioner : That the child can tolerate six hours without breastfeeding.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Six hours without breastfeeding.
The Shaykh : Yes, but she will still breastfeed?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Is she still breastfeeding or not?
The questioner : Yes, she is breastfeeding.
The Shaykh : And her milk supply is not diminished?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : In that case, it is obligatory for her to fast. When a woman becomes pure from menstruation or post-natal bleeding, it is obligatory for her to fast, except that if she becomes pure during the day, she is not required to abstain from food and drink.
The questioner : She became pure on the tenth of Ramadan.
The Shaykh : No, I am telling you: it is obligatory for her to fast.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : She must fast the remaining twenty days as an obligation, as long as there is no harm to the child. But as I told you: if she becomes pure during the day, she is not required to abstain; she remains in a state of breaking the fast. Neither she nor a menstruating woman is required to abstain; even if a menstruating woman becomes pure, for example, in the middle of the day, she remains in a state of breaking the fast, eating and drinking. And this day will have to be made up in any case.
The questioner : And what if she is unable to fast?
The Shaykh : If she is unable, she is like the others, like the one who is incapable. Yes.