If a woman pays the expiation for breaking her fast in Ramadan because she is breastfeeding, and then the breastfeeding ends after two months, does she have to make up the fasts, or does the expiation suffice?

The questioner : A question branches off from this: If a woman was breastfeeding in Ramadan and paid the expiation, and then the breastfeeding ended after two months, does she have to make up the fasts, or does the expiation suffice?

The Shaykh : May Allah guide you. If she continued breastfeeding, is that more important, or if she stopped breastfeeding?

The questioner : It ended, meaning the child grew up.

The Shaykh : Answer the question, may Allah guide you. If she continued breastfeeding, is that more important, or if the breastfeeding stopped? Tell me: if the breastfeeding stopped, is it closer to the case of the woman whose fetus died? If it stopped, it is closer to that case. If she continued, it is further away. If the further case requires an expiation, then the closer case is all the more so, because—excuse me, I made a mistake just now—so I say that this breastfeeding for which the expiation was paid...

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : ...took its due. So when the breastfeeding stopped, it returned... Therefore, the expiation went to its proper place. So what is the problem you have?

The questioner : No, I considered that this expiation... The initial understanding was that if the breastfeeding stopped after two months, that this expiation would require making up the fasts, that it would be returned.

The Shaykh : No.

The questioner : It sufficed.

The Shaykh : They do not combine.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You. I was saying that this was a private session.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Hehehe.
The student: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.

The questioner : ... .
The student : It is finished, there is nothing more.

The Shaykh : Oh Allah, I hope you will inform the women.
The student : ... .

The Shaykh : From tomorrow.

The questioner : Yes, it is valid.

The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The student : Peace be upon you. May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The student : Ask, ask. He wants to ask you another question, our guest brother.

The questioner : It is valid, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Enter houses from their doors. Close the door.
The student : ... .