Who are exempted from fasting?
Published as Ramadan and Fasting (9/15)
Question
Who are exempted from fasting?
Answer
The following are exempted from fasting during Ramadan: Children under the age of puberty, the sick, seniors for whom fast causes unbearable hardships, pregnant women for whom fasting is harmful for self or for the fetus, nursing mothers who fear that fasting causes difficulties for the self or the child she nurses, the menstruating women, the travelers on journeys and those who are mentally incapacitated or not responsible for their actions.
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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