The ruling on one who is unable to fast and make up the fast due to pregnancy and breastfeeding
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From the Syrian Arab Republic, the sister questioner Noura Muhammad sent a message saying: I was unable to fast the blessed month of Ramadan because of pregnancy, and I intended to fast after giving birth, but after giving birth, I was breastfeeding and could not fast because of the breastfeeding, as I said, and because my body cannot tolerate fasting. Please advise us, may Allah reward you. Is it permissible to give charity in lieu of fasting, or is it obligatory for me to fast the month that passed, even though I am unable to? Please guide us, may Allah reward you with good?
Answer: It is obligatory for you to fast when you are able: [al-Baqarah:286]. Therefore, the breastfeeding woman and the pregnant woman are like the sick person. If fasting is difficult for them, they delay the fast, even until after another Ramadan. As long as you are unable to fast because of breastfeeding, you are excused like a sick woman. If Allah makes fasting easy for you, even if you do it separately—fasting one day and breaking the fast for two days, or breaking the fast for three days, or breaking the fast for four days—there is no harm. It is not obligatory to fast consecutively; there is no harm in separating the days. If you are unable, delay it, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Answer: It is obligatory for you to fast when you are able:
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَاThe presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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