Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Q&A Do Breastfeeding and Pregnant Women have to Fast in Ramadan

			Another big issue during the fast
a lot of the questions that come
		

			about about women who are nursing,
breastfeeding, and women who are
		

			pregnant, should they foster not?
There is this idea out there, this
		

			notion out there that if you're
breastfeeding, or you are
		

			you have you're pregnant, then you
can just pay yourself out of it.
		

			First and foremost, you can't do
that, because this is a temporary
		

			issue.
		

			This is a temporary issue, if you
can't fast right now, for whatever
		

			reason, and mentioned that right
now, if you can't fast, you will
		

			make up the first later on in the
year. Right. So these two people
		

			do have a dispensation if they
cannot fast, because the health of
		

			the child does come. It is very
important. However, many, many,
		

			many women, they do fast and have
fasted in history, both when
		

			pregnant. And when breastfeeding,
SB I mean, it's well known,
		

			because depending on your diet,
and how much strength you have,
		

			there's women who have
complications in their pregnancy,
		

			complications with their children,
and so on. While there may be an
		

			exception here, but other women
who are pregnant or who do who
		

			aren't nurse nursing, first
consult a good dietitian for foods
		

			that generally create a lot of
milk. Right? There are certain
		

			foods that will just create
mashallah produced a lot of milk.
		

			Number one, there's a lot of these
websites online that speak about
		

			this and give a lot of
suggestions, making these certain
		

			broths and things like that. So
that's number one. Number two, if
		

			you're not, if you're still
unsure, fast, a few days, it is
		

			find that it's just unbearable,
it's impossible, it's difficult,
		

			then then have a holiday, then
fast another few days, and have
		

			another holiday, get your strength
back. The Ramadan, fasts are so
		

			valuable, so potent in terms of
their benefit, and so on. So for
		

			that you don't want to miss them
for if you don't have to, right.
		

			And as I said, from historically
looking at this situation, and
		

			from seeing many women
contemporary times as well, they
		

			actually do fast. But if you're
told right from before, you don't
		

			have to fast and you just take
that you're not going to be able
		

			to fast because you feel like you
don't shouldn't be fasting. Now
		

			remember a lot of doctors, they'll
just tell you don't fast, because
		

			for them, there's all these
liability issues and so on, they
		

			give you guidance and so on. So
there's the issue. That's why
		

			unless you've got a complication
or a specific issue that you know,
		

			from experience, or whatever the
case is that you just cannot fast
		

			one of the cases, then in that
case, try otherwise few days, and
		

			then and then maybe give up a few
days and then fast a few more
		

			days. So it's no blanket ruling
that just give it up or you have
		

			to first you should try to fast as
much as possible. Does that allow
		

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