The Duty of Breastfeeding Women
Issue No. 1454- A woman which is suckling a child; whether she is the mother or a wet nurse; If fasting causes reducing her milk and then causes harm or discomfort to the child, it will not be obligatory on her to observe fast but she should give one mudd of food for every fast to an indigent person, and she should also perform the qaḍā of the fasts later. However, if fasting is harmful to her own self, neither the fast nor the kaffāra will be obligatory on her. Nevertheless, she should later perform the fasts which she failed to observe as qaḍā.
