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Fataawaa of Shaikh Al-Albaanee
[30] Question: A pregnant woman did not fast for the first half of Ramadaan acting on the allowance
for that found in the hadeeth: "Verily, Allaah has discarded the fast from the pregnant and breastfeeding woman." And she did this with the intention that there is no recompense (i.e. making up the
missed days) due upon her but rather just Fidyah (feeding poor or hungry people) according to the
fatwaa of Ibn 'Abbaas, radyAllaahu 'anhumaa,. But then she (gave birth and) began her (postpartum)
bleeding in the second half of the month of Ramadaan, and she was forbidden from fasting during the
length of her bleeding. So is she obligated to make up for the days she missed fasting due to the
bleeding? And what if she considers herself as a breast-feeding woman during the period of her
bleeding. Does her having to make up for missed days (Qadaa) become removed from her, based on
the previous hadeeth?
Answer: If it is agreed that she became a breast-feeding woman with her (postpartum) bleeding, then
the answer is the same as when she discarded the fast when she was pregnant. There is no Qadaa
(recompense - making up missed days) due upon her, but rather just Fidyah (feeding people). [Al-
Asaalah, Issue #16]
[31] Question: A woman has to make up some missed days of fasting for the past Ramadaan because
she was in menstruation (at that time). But now she is pregnant and the next Ramadaan is coming
soon and she is not able to make up for her missed days until after the coming month of Ramadaan has
passed. So what should she do?
Answer: If a woman is able to make up for missed days of Ramadaan that are binding upon her, after
Ramadaan, then (the rule is that) she can skip the fast (in Ramadaan) and make it up afterward. But
this means that she is obligated to make it up right away. What is important is that she frees herself
from her responsibility of this obligation. But suppose, for example, she dies before fulfilling this
responsibility. In this case, she is to request in her Will that which will expiate her from this burden.
And the expiation is considered as proceeds in cases such as these.
In the event that she is neither pregnant nor breast-feeding and she misses some days of Ramadaan
because of her menstruation, then she is obligated to make up for these lost days (Qadaa). And if
(after this), she is followed by pregnancy and then breast-feeding, it is permitted for her to delay the
Qadaa (making up of the missed days). But she should then make up the missed days (later) without
doing the Fidyah (feeding of poor people) or the Kafaarah (expiation). [Al-Asaalah, Issue #16]
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AbuAbdir-Razzaq
22-09-2008 @ 9:53 PM
