{"id":7574,"date":"2014-04-06T12:32:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=7574"},"modified":"2020-05-22T15:00:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T15:00:59","slug":"ruling-on-fasting-for-a-breast-feeding-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/ruling-on-fasting-for-a-breast-feeding-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruling on Fasting for a Breastfeeding Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 13px; text-align: right;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 01614<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Answered by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><u><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Question<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/u><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">What is the ruling with regards to fasting and breastfeeding an older baby who is able to eat and drink? A friend has been fasting and her milk has dried up due to long fasts, she wanted to breastfeed her 14-month-old until 2 years old, however, is now unable to feed. Should she continue to fast the rest of Ramadan or take a break from fasting to replenish milk supply?<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong><span dir=\"RTL\">\u0628\u0650\u0633\u0652\u0645\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0645\u0646\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064e\u062d\u0650\u064a\u0652\u0645<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong><u>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/u><\/strong><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><u><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.6em;\">Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">A woman who is breastfeeding a child under two and half years according to Imam Abu Hanifa [rahimahullah], fears for herself or for her baby, or fears she would not be able to produce enough milk in her breasts, would be allowed not to fast in the month of Ramadhan. She should do qadha of the missed fasts afterwards.[1]<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Furthermore, the Prophet of Allah <img title=\"\u1e63allall\u0101hu 'alayhi wa sallam (peace and blessings of All\u0101h be upon him)\" alt=\"\u1e63allall\u0101hu 'alayhi wa sallam (peace and blessings of All\u0101h be upon him)\" class=\"islamic_graphic\" src=\"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/islamic-graphics\/img\/black\/20\/saw.png\" height=\"12px\"> said: &#8220;Allah has relieved the travellers of fasting and half of the prayer and the fasting of the pregnant and breast-feeding women&#8221;.[2]<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">In my humble opinion, it will be best for the sister to fast and give some other solids or formula milk for the month of Ramadhan.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Only Allah knows best<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Written by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">[1]&nbsp;<span style=\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Fatawa Darul Uloom Deoband p.464 v.6<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">[2] <span style=\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Musnad Ahmad<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 01614 Answered by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah &nbsp; &nbsp; Question What is the ruling with regards to fasting and breastfeeding an older baby&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[200,1143,59,993],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7574"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15266,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7574\/revisions\/15266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}