*Fasting for Pregnant Women and Breastfeeding Mothers*
In the Name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
With regard to fasting for breastfeeding moms and additionally pregnant girls, two eventualities might apply:
1. If the girl just isn’t affected by fasting, and fasting just isn’t too troublesome for her, and she doesn’t concern for her youngster, then she is obliged to quick, and it’s not permissible for her to not quick.
2. If the girl fears for herself or her youngster due to fasting, and fasting is troublesome for her, then she is allowed to not quick, however she has to make up the times that she doesn’t quick.
In this example it’s higher for her to not quick, and it’s makrooh (disliked) for her to quick. Some of the students said that if she fears for her youngster, it’s compulsory for her to not quick and it’s haraam for her to quick.
Al-Mirdaawi stated in al-Insaaf (7/382):
It is makrooh for her to quick on this case… Ibn ‘Aqeel said: If a pregnant woman or a breastfeeding mother fears for her pregnancy or her child, then it is not permissible for her to fast in this case, but if she does not fear for her child then it is not permissible for her not to fast.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked in Fataawa al-Siyaam (p. 161):
If a pregnant woman or breastfeeding mother does not fast with no excuse, and she is strong and in good health, and is not affected by fasting, what is the ruling on that?
He replied:
It is not permissible for a pregnant woman or breastfeeding woman not to fast during the day in Ramadan unless they have an excuse. If they do not fast because they have an excuse, then they have to make up the missed fasts, because Allah says concerning one who is sick:
“and whoever is ill or on a journey, the same number [of days which one did not observe Sawm (fasts) must be made up] from other days”
[al-Baqarah 2:185]
Pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers come under the same heading as those who are sick. Some of the scholars said that all they have to do is make up the missed fasts, no matter what the situation, because there is no evidence in the Qur’an or Sunnah for giving meals or feeding individuals on this case, and the fundamental precept is that there is no such thing as a obligation until proof of that’s established. This is the view of Abu Haneefah (might Allah have mercy on him) and it’s a sturdy view.
And Allah is aware of greatest.
May Allah settle for our worship and grant us paradise. Aameen.
