Do you have to fast when you are pregnant?

Question

Do you have to fast when you are pregnant?

Answer 1

no cuz when u fast u r not eating and the baby wants food so u can kill the baby that way and it's haram to kill a baby so fasting when u r pregnant is not allowed

Answer 2

Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim

Salaam Alaikum wa Rahmatullah

If you are able to fast without causing harm to yourself or your unborn baby, you may do so.  If you feel you might cause harm, then you don't have to fast and can make it up later.

When I was pregnant with my youngest son, I was feeling fine so I fasted through the first couple of weeks of Ramadan.  It was hard to drink enough before fasting and to catch up after breaking the fast, and I got dehydrated.  When I went in to test to see if I had gestational diabetes, the first test showed elevated blood sugar and I stopped fasting so I could eat and drink at short intervals.  A second more comprehensive test showed my blood sugar was fine and only showed high due to dehydration.  I still didn't fast the rest of Ramadan because I wanted to make sure I didn't get dehydrated again, since that can cause contractions.   It was not too difficult to make up the lost days over the course of the next year.  This year, inshAllah, I'll be able to fast the whole month.

Fi Aman Allah,

Nancy Umm Abdel Hamid

Answer 3

I think you should always discuss it with a doctor. If they say it's not healthy for the baby then you shouldn't fast. It is considered a health condition and you don't have to, in that case though you should feed the needy . I personally would fear for my baby and not risk it..

Answer 4

No,Allah has granted excuse for us bcoz it will be harmful to baby

Answer 5

You can cover your missed fasts later in life insha'Allah.

The Prophet (p.b.u.h.) said: "Allaah has relieved the travelers of fasting and half of the prayer, and the pregnant and breast-feeding women of the fast". [Ahmad, and others]. Allaah Says (which means): {…So whoever among you is ill or on a journey [during them]-then an equal number of days [are to be made up] …}[Quran 2:184].

If such a woman fears only for the baby, then she has to pay an expiation (i.e. feeding a poor person) in addition to making up the missed days at later date.

. Pregnant or breast-feeding women, if they fear for their children can do likewise'. [Abu Daawood]

Therefore, if you fear for yourself then you may break or miss your fast and should make it up later and you are not obliged to pay an expiation for it.

Rest Allah knows the best~!

Answer 6

Fasting for Pregnant and Nursing Women

http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?H...

"[Fasting] remains obligatory, unless the woman genuinely fears harm, with  near surety, or sickness for herself or for the child. "Genuine  fear" is that which is based on: previous experience, clear  unmistakable signs, or being informed by a qualified Muslim doctor  who is not outwardly corrupt."

Click the link above for the full article.

Islamic Laws (Ayatullah Sistani)

Fasting

People on Whom Fasting is Not Obligatory

1737. * Fasting is not obligatory on a woman in advanced stage of pregnancy, for whom fasting is harmful or for the child she carries. For every day, however, she should give one mudd of food to poor. In both the cases, she has to give qadha for the fasts which are left out.

Answer 7

People who are exempt from fasting during Ramadan:

1)Children under the age of puberty

2)Insane or retarded people

3)Elderly people, or the chronically ill

4)Women during menstruation and during post-natal discharge

5)Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding

6)Sick people

7)People under duress (i.e., soldiers)

8)Travelers

Answer 8

no