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- Rulings on Fasting for Women
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- If she does not fast she must repent and make those days up as well as
feed a poor person for each day if the following Ramadan comes and she
has not yet made them up
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- She should fast until she is certain she has made those days up.
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- You have until the next Ramadan to make up your fasts
- Some Scholars are of the opinion if you have not made those fasts up by
the next Ramadan you are a sinner and must repent and then follow the
repentance up with good deeds such as charity or more fasting
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- Once the menses ends she should immediately make her intentions to fast
and resume fasting the next day
- If she notices blood again, then she must stop fasting and wait until
she is clean irregardless as to whether it is spotting, flowing or
whatever
- If a woman recognizes bleeding from her vagina she must stop fasting and
make that day up even if the bleeding occurs one second before time to
break fast
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- If a woman's menses ends during the night and she does not take the
ghusl before time to begin fasting, she simply take the ghusl when she
wakes up and her fasting is valid
- If a woman believes her period will begin tomorrow, she must continue to
keep her intention to fast until she actually sees the blood
- It is best to avoid medication to stop your period and instead accept
the concessions of Allah
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- If the miscarried fetus is formed or its body parts can be recognixed,
then the bleeding that occurs is nifas
- If the miscarried is just a blood clot the bleeding is considered to be
istahadah and she should continue to fast and pray
- If D& C is given then she should resume fasting after her bleeding
stops
- If a woman becomes clean from nifas before the 40 days then she should
begin to fast
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- If the bleeding stops before 40 days and then resumes then she should
stop fasting until the bleeding stops
- If she bleeds beyond 40 days she should take a ghusl and resume fasting
and praying
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- A pregnant or Breastfeeding woman is obligated to fast as is everyone
else. If however her life or the
life of her baby is in danger, then she becomes like a person who is ill
and does not have to fast but instead should pay the ransom for every
day she is unable to fast
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- “Allah has lifted the obligation of fasting and part of the prayer from
the traveler, and He has lifted the obligation of fasting from the
pregnant and breastfeeding woman.” - Tirmidhi
- But again this is if the life is in dangered
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- The ransom is the feeding of one poor person a complete meal for each
day that you are unable to fast.
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- If a woman consents to her allow her husband to have sex with her while
fasting, then the sin is on her too and she must make the same expiation
as the man.
- But if he forces her, she does not have to make expiation
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- She should encourage him to go to the masjid and get rewards until time
to break fast
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- Women do not have to have the permission of their husband to make up
their days from Ramadan
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