Question

My baby is 3 months old and she drinks my milk and formula too. So my question is what Quran says about fasting while you are nursing ? Should I keep fasting or not ? I am so confused please help me. Jazakallah khair

Answer

May Allah grant you his immense mercy, elevate your ranks and make you amongst the saliheen! Ameen.

Sister, a nursing mother will be exempted from fasting if she has any fear of causing danger to herself or her child. But these fasts will need to be made up later on. My advice to you would be to see if you can try to nurse while fasting. The way to do this is to eat very heavy at Suhur and Iftaar. If you do this with complete sincerity and intention to not want to miss your fast, you will see that inshaAllah Allah, through his infinite mercy, shall put barakah in your milk.

May Allah grant you ease.

And Allah knows best.

Ask Alimah Team

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