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B. What is a second opinion and what is the evidence?The woman only needs to pay a fidya. This is the opinion of ibn Omar and ibn %u2018Abbas. The evidence is in the Qur%u2019an, %u201cO you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous - [Fasting for] a limited number of days. So who among you is ill or on a journey [during them] - then an equal number of days [are to be made up]. And among those who are able [to fast, but with hardship] - a ransom [as substitute] of feeding a poor person [each day]...%u201d [Al-Baqara, 2:183-184]These scholars considered pregnant and nursing women to be in the same category as the chronically ill and the very elderly. They based their ruling on the culture of that time. It was normal for a woman to have several back to back pregnancies, with not much time in between the pregnancies and the nursing periods. It would be almost impossible for her to make up all the missed fasts once her child bearing years were over.C. What is a third opinion and what is the evidence?The woman needs to both make up for the missed days and pay a fidya. This is the opinion of Imam Shafi%u2019i and Imam Ahmad. These scholars considered pregnant and nursing women in the same category as the sick and those encountering difficulty in fasting. People in this category need to pay the fidya in addition to making up the days. Their evidence is the actions of the sahaba.D. What is a fourth opinion and what is the evidence?The woman does not have to make up the days and she does not have to pay a fidya. This is the opinion of Imam ibn Hazim. He states that there is no clear proof that a pregnant or nursing woman has to make up the missed days or pay a fidya. In the case of a traveler, the fast is broken due to convenience, unlike the pregnant or nursing woman.E. What is a fifth opinion and what is the evidence?The pregnant woman needs to make up the missed days without paying a fidya; the nursing woman needs to make up the missed days and she needs to pay a fidya. This is the opinion of Imam Maalik. The ruling for the pregnant woman is based on the ruling of one who is sick, regardless of whether it's due to her own health or that of the baby. They are both one entity. The ruling for the nursing woman is based on the premise that the reason she broke the fast was not due to her own health, but only out of fear of harming her baby. Copyright %u00a9 2023 Islamic Association of Raleigh. All rights reserved. 62