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Asalamalaykum
If you could ask ustadah or ustad about the ruling on fasting during ramadhan while I’m pregnant?… like I feel nausea a lot of times in the day and if If I don’t eat something due to my low HB it gets bad. So I was wondering if I can’t fast at some point then what do I have to do? Like fidya?.. I am planning to fast inshallah but just in case, I’m not sure how it will go but If I can’t then I want to know what do I have to do about it.
Answer
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
حامدا و مصليا و مسلما
Muhtaramah
We received your question regarding fasting whilst being pregnant, our answer is as follows:
A pregnant woman is not excused from fasting during the month of Ramadhan. However if she is fears for the life of her child (foetus)or herself , then it is permissible for her to postpone the missed fasts.[1][2]
Thus to give Fidyah will not be sufficient, one will have to repeat the fasts that were missed out as soon as possible.
And Allah Ta’ala knows best
Answered by:
Abdushakoor Salim
25th Sha’ban 1443
29th March 2022
Checked and approved by:
(Mufti) Muhammad Irshad Motara
25th Sha’ban 1443
29th March 2022
[1] A pregnant woman encounters certain difficulty and thereby fears for her or her child’s life. It will be permissible for her to break her fast. (Beheshti Zewar, pg.324 ZamZam Publishers)
[2] فتاوى رحيمية ، ص ٢٧٠، ج ٧
وَالْحَامِلُ وَالْمُرْضِعُ إذَا خَافَتَا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمَا أَوْ وَلَدَيْهِمَا أَفْطَرَتَا وَقَضَتَا) دَفْعًا لِلْحَرَجِ (وَلَا كَفَّارَةَ عَلَيْهِمَا) لِأَنَّهُ إفْطَارٌ بِعُذْرٍ (وَلَا فِدْيَةَ عَلَيْهِمَا) خِلَافًا لِلشَّافِعِيِّ – رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ – فِيمَا إذَا خَافَتْ عَلَى الْوَلَدِ، هُوَ يَعْتَبِرُهُ بِالشَّيْخِ الْفَانِي. وَلَنَا أَنَّ الْفِدْيَةَ بِخِلَافِ الْقِيَاسِ فِي الشَّيْخِ الْفَانِي، وَالْفِطْرَ بِسَبَبِ الْوَلَدِ لَيْسَ فِي مَعْنَاهُ لِأَنَّهُ عَاجِزٌ بَعْدَ الْوُجُوبِ، وَالْوَلَدُ لَا وُجُوبَ عَلَيْهِ أَصْلً
العناية، ص ٣٥٥، ج ٢
قَوْلُهُ: وَلِلْحَامِلِ وَالْمُرْضِعِ إذَا خَافَتَا عَلَى الْوَلَدِ أَوْ النَّفْسِ) أَيْ لَهُمَا الْفِطْرُ دَفْعًا لِلْحَرَجِ وَلِقَوْلِهِ – صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ – «إنَّ اللَّهَ وَضَعَ عَنْ الْمُسَافِرِ الصَّوْمَ وَشَطْرَ الصَّلَاةِ وَعَنْ الْحَامِلِ وَالْمُرْضِعِ الصَّوْمَ»
البحر الرائق، ص ٣٠٧، ج ٢
وكذا في اللباب، ص ١٧٠، ج ١
