Must I fast even though I am pregnant?

Answer:

All praise is due to Allah, exalted is He, and peace and blessing be upon His Messenger.

If it is going to danger the health or life of the mother or the baby then she is not required to fast. One has to make the judgement either based on advice from one’s doctor or one’s one experience of how one coped in a previous pregnancy. One may try it out and then discontinue if it is too uncomfortable. One is not required to give fidya for these missed fasts. She will make up the fast when she is healthy enough after her pregnancy and post partum bleeding (nifas) is over.

And Allah knows best.

Answered by: Maulana Ashraf Zaman