The ruling on a pregnant or nursing woman who breaks her fast in Ramadan
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Question:
The listener, Muhammad Ahmad Ali Hassan, a Yemeni resident in Riyadh, says: A woman broke her fast in Ramadan for three years. This was because she was pregnant and it coincided with Ramadan, and due to ignorance of the ruling on fasting, and there were no guides for her. Some scholars of independent legal reasoning issued a ruling that she only has to feed the poor and does not have to make up the fasts. We ask for guidance in this matter. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The correct position, indicated by the evidence of the Shari'ah, is that she has to make up the fasts, not feed the poor. The opinion that she has to feed the poor is an incorrect opinion, according to the stronger of the two opinions of the scholars. She only has to make up the fasts, without feeding the poor, if she was excused due to pregnancy, nursing, or illness.
However, if she was negligent and had a time when she could have made up the fasts but was negligent, then she has to feed one poor person for every day, half a sa' by the sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), which is approximately one and a half kilograms of the staple food of the country, such as dates, rice, or something else, for her delay in making up the fasts.
The woman should fear Allah constantly in her fasting, her prayer, and other matters, just as the man should. Each of them has to fear Allah, take care of the affairs of his or her religion, and strive to fulfill the right that is upon him or her. Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam, specifically the fasting of Ramadan.
It is obligatory for the man and the woman who are accountable to take care of this matter and not be negligent in it. If a person breaks his fast due to illness or travel, or if a woman breaks her fast due to menstruation, pregnancy, or nursing where fasting is difficult, she has to make it up, and she should hasten to make it up as soon as she is able. And success is from Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. The fact that she left off fasting due to ignorance and the lack of Islamic awareness in their homeland, as he mentions.
The Shaykh: This does not prevent the obligation to make up the fasts; because this is a matter well known among Muslims, and one of the famous, well-known matters that is not hidden from anyone. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah bless you.
The listener, Muhammad Ahmad Ali Hassan, a Yemeni resident in Riyadh, says: A woman broke her fast in Ramadan for three years. This was because she was pregnant and it coincided with Ramadan, and due to ignorance of the ruling on fasting, and there were no guides for her. Some scholars of independent legal reasoning issued a ruling that she only has to feed the poor and does not have to make up the fasts. We ask for guidance in this matter. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The correct position, indicated by the evidence of the Shari'ah, is that she has to make up the fasts, not feed the poor. The opinion that she has to feed the poor is an incorrect opinion, according to the stronger of the two opinions of the scholars. She only has to make up the fasts, without feeding the poor, if she was excused due to pregnancy, nursing, or illness.
However, if she was negligent and had a time when she could have made up the fasts but was negligent, then she has to feed one poor person for every day, half a sa' by the sa' of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), which is approximately one and a half kilograms of the staple food of the country, such as dates, rice, or something else, for her delay in making up the fasts.
The woman should fear Allah constantly in her fasting, her prayer, and other matters, just as the man should. Each of them has to fear Allah, take care of the affairs of his or her religion, and strive to fulfill the right that is upon him or her. Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam, specifically the fasting of Ramadan.
It is obligatory for the man and the woman who are accountable to take care of this matter and not be negligent in it. If a person breaks his fast due to illness or travel, or if a woman breaks her fast due to menstruation, pregnancy, or nursing where fasting is difficult, she has to make it up, and she should hasten to make it up as soon as she is able. And success is from Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. The fact that she left off fasting due to ignorance and the lack of Islamic awareness in their homeland, as he mentions.
The Shaykh: This does not prevent the obligation to make up the fasts; because this is a matter well known among Muslims, and one of the famous, well-known matters that is not hidden from anyone. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah bless you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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