70 Issues Related to Fasting Part 670 Issues Related to Fasting Part 6

Rulings on Fasting for Rulings on Fasting for WomenWomen

If a girl reaches puberty and is too shy to tell anyone:If a girl reaches puberty and is too shy to tell anyone:

If she does not fast she If she does not fast she must repent and make must repent and make those days up as well as those days up as well as feed a poor person for each feed a poor person for each day if the following day if the following Ramadan comes and she Ramadan comes and she has not yet made them uphas not yet made them up

So assure that your So assure that your daughters who are puberty daughters who are puberty are fasting are fasting

If she does not remember how many days she has If she does not remember how many days she has not made:not made:

She should fast until she is She should fast until she is certain she has made certain she has made those days up.those days up.

Points to Remember:Points to Remember:

You have until the next You have until the next Ramadan to make up Ramadan to make up your fastsyour fasts

Some Scholars are of the Some Scholars are of the opinion if you have not opinion if you have not made those fasts up by made those fasts up by the next Ramadan you the next Ramadan you are a sinner and must are a sinner and must repent and then follow repent and then follow the repentance up with the repentance up with good deeds such as good deeds such as charity or more fastingcharity or more fasting

Menstruating Women:Menstruating Women:

Once the menses ends she Once the menses ends she should immediately make her should immediately make her intentions to fast and resume intentions to fast and resume fasting the next dayfasting the next day

If she notices blood again, then If she notices blood again, then she must stop fasting and wait she must stop fasting and wait until she is clean irregardless until she is clean irregardless as to whether it is spotting, as to whether it is spotting, flowing or whateverflowing or whatever

If a woman recognizes bleeding If a woman recognizes bleeding from her vagina she must stop from her vagina she must stop fasting and make that day up fasting and make that day up even if the bleeding occurs even if the bleeding occurs one second before time to one second before time to break fastbreak fast

Also concerning Menses:Also concerning Menses:

If a woman's menses ends during If a woman's menses ends during the night and she does not the night and she does not take the ghusl before time to take the ghusl before time to begin fasting, she simply take begin fasting, she simply take the ghusl when she wakes up the ghusl when she wakes up and her fasting is validand her fasting is valid

If a woman believes her period If a woman believes her period will begin tomorrow, she must will begin tomorrow, she must continue to keep her intention continue to keep her intention to fast until she actually sees to fast until she actually sees the bloodthe blood

It is best to avoid medication to It is best to avoid medication to stop your period and instead stop your period and instead accept the concessions of accept the concessions of AllahAllah

Concerning Miscarriage:Concerning Miscarriage:

If the miscarried fetus is formed If the miscarried fetus is formed or its body parts can be or its body parts can be recognixed, then the bleeding recognixed, then the bleeding that occurs is nifasthat occurs is nifas

If the miscarried is just a blood If the miscarried is just a blood clot the bleeding is considered clot the bleeding is considered to be istahadah and she to be istahadah and she should continue to fast and should continue to fast and praypray

If D& C is given then she should If D& C is given then she should resume fasting after her resume fasting after her bleeding stopsbleeding stops

If a woman becomes clean from If a woman becomes clean from nifas before the 40 days then nifas before the 40 days then she should begin to fastshe should begin to fast

Nifas – Bleeding after giving birth to a baby:Nifas – Bleeding after giving birth to a baby:

If the bleeding stops before If the bleeding stops before 40 days and then 40 days and then resumes then she should resumes then she should stop fasting until the stop fasting until the bleeding stopsbleeding stops

If she bleeds beyond 40 If she bleeds beyond 40 days she should take a days she should take a ghusl and resume fasting ghusl and resume fasting and prayingand praying

Pregnant and Breastfeeding women:Pregnant and Breastfeeding women:

A pregnant or Breastfeeding A pregnant or Breastfeeding woman is obligated to fast woman is obligated to fast as is everyone else. as is everyone else.

If however her life or the life If however her life or the life of her baby is in danger of her baby is in danger and this has been told to and this has been told to her by a Muslim qualified her by a Muslim qualified doctor, then she becomes doctor, then she becomes like a person who is ill and like a person who is ill and does not have to fast but does not have to fast but instead should pay the instead should pay the ransom for every day she ransom for every day she is unable to fastis unable to fast

The prophet (sa) said:The prophet (sa) said:

““Allah has lifted the obligation of Allah has lifted the obligation of fasting and part of the prayer from fasting and part of the prayer from the traveler, and He has lifted the the traveler, and He has lifted the obligation of fasting from the obligation of fasting from the pregnant and breastfeeding pregnant and breastfeeding woman.” woman.”

(Tirmidhi)(Tirmidhi)

Ibn Abbas has explained this to Ibn Abbas has explained this to mean only if the woman or baby's mean only if the woman or baby's life is in danger or for the breast life is in danger or for the breast feeding woman – if her milk dries feeding woman – if her milk dries up and she continues to breast up and she continues to breast feed.feed.

What is the Ransom:What is the Ransom:

The ransom is the feeding The ransom is the feeding of one poor person a of one poor person a complete meal for each complete meal for each day that you are unable to day that you are unable to fast. The amount is fast. The amount is determined by the cost of determined by the cost of living where you live so living where you live so contact your local Masjid. contact your local Masjid.

Also the money can be paid Also the money can be paid to the masjid for the Imam to the masjid for the Imam to distribute to the needy to distribute to the needy muslims in his communitymuslims in his community

Intercourse while fastingIntercourse while fasting

If a woman consents to her If a woman consents to her allow her husband to have allow her husband to have sex with her while fasting, sex with her while fasting, then the sin is on her too then the sin is on her too and she must make the and she must make the same expiation as the man.same expiation as the man.

But if he forces her, she But if he forces her, she does not have to make does not have to make expiationexpiation

IIf a woman knows her husband is weak:f a woman knows her husband is weak:

She should She should encourage him to go encourage him to go to the masjid and get to the masjid and get rewards until time to rewards until time to break fastbreak fast

Finally:Finally:

Women do not have to Women do not have to have the permission have the permission of their husband to of their husband to make up their days make up their days from Ramadanfrom Ramadan

This concludes the 70 issues This concludes the 70 issues related to fastingrelated to fasting

Questions go ahead!Questions go ahead!