What does a nursing mother who fears for her child do if she breaks her fast in Ramadan?
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The questioner : A woman is nursing during the month of Ramadan, and naturally she cannot fast. The month of Ramadan ends and she is still nursing her child, so she fears that her milk will decrease and the child’s sustenance will decrease. What is the ruling? Does she fast for two years after Ramadan, or what does that mean?
The Shaykh : She must expiate for every day by feeding a poor person.
The questioner : She feeds a poor person.
The Shaykh : She owes no make-up fasts.
The questioner : She owes no make-up fasts, and the same applies to prayer, naturally.
The Shaykh : As long as she is pregnant or nursing, she does not fast; rather, she expiates for every day by feeding a poor person. However, if she is strong...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : ...and her nursing child is not affected, and she fasts, there is no harm. But she has a dispensation not to fast, provided that she expiates; is that clear?
The questioner : Is that clear?
The Shaykh : She expiates by feeding, not with money.
The questioner : Feeding only, yes.
The Shaykh : I mean, what she and her family eat, they provide that to the poor person.
The questioner : Okay, if she cannot afford this expense, can her husband pay it on her behalf?
The Shaykh : That is not his obligation.
The questioner : It is not his obligation. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : She must expiate for every day by feeding a poor person.
The questioner : She feeds a poor person.
The Shaykh : She owes no make-up fasts.
The questioner : She owes no make-up fasts, and the same applies to prayer, naturally.
The Shaykh : As long as she is pregnant or nursing, she does not fast; rather, she expiates for every day by feeding a poor person. However, if she is strong...
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : ...and her nursing child is not affected, and she fasts, there is no harm. But she has a dispensation not to fast, provided that she expiates; is that clear?
The questioner : Is that clear?
The Shaykh : She expiates by feeding, not with money.
The questioner : Feeding only, yes.
The Shaykh : I mean, what she and her family eat, they provide that to the poor person.
The questioner : Okay, if she cannot afford this expense, can her husband pay it on her behalf?
The Shaykh : That is not his obligation.
The questioner : It is not his obligation. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve you.
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