The Manner of Breaking the Fast During the Day in Ramadan for One Who Has a Legal Excuse

Question:
One of the listening brothers sent a message containing four questions. In one of them, he says: Some women break their fast in Ramadan for a legal excuse. Do they have the right to eat and drink openly, or should they eat in secret, even if that leads to more than three meals? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Whoever breaks his fast in Ramadan due to an excuse should break it in secret, like a traveler who is not known to be a traveler, or a woman who is not known to be menstruating. Thus, her eating is in secret and her drinking is in secret, so that she is not suspected of being lax, and so that a man is not suspected of being lax regarding the matter of Allah.
However, if she is among people who know her condition that she is a traveler, or among a group of women who know that she is menstruating, there is no blame on her for eating in their presence and breaking her fast, because they know her condition. Likewise, a traveler among people who know his condition. As for eating in the presence of people who do not know his condition, this is not permissible for him at that time; rather, it is obligatory for him to hide it so that he is not suspected of evil. Likewise, a woman whose surroundings do not know that she is menstruating; she does not eat or drink in their presence, because this causes her to be suspected of being lax regarding the matter of Allah and that she does not fast in Ramadan. Yes.

The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.