Im pregnant Alhumdullilah. Got 4 weeks left now and i am not going to fast during this Ramzan unfortunately.
How do i calculate how much to give to charity for my rozay that i am not keeping? So how much for the 30days?
Also, i need to calculate my zakat - i cant remember how much i gave last year - i got the zakat calculator via google but im really confused re the gold price…I live in the Uk so can someone help and tell me what the rate of gold is at the mo per gram - not ounce!
I may be wrong but I heard that additionally, we need to make up the rozas we miss during pregnancy, a day for a day, even if we give fidiya. Is that true, because then I have 2 full pregnancy worth of rozas to make up :hinna:
This is too confusing. If a lady is not fasting bcos of her monthly cycle, she just has to make them up later (before the next Ramadan, preferably) and NOT pay fidyah.
So when a lady misses a whole month of fasting, then she has to make them up AND pay fidyah ASWELL??? Confused.
Is there any other way to compensate for missed fasts due to pregnancy and breastfeeding apart from fasting those days at a later time?
As-salamu Alaikum,
If a woman misses several years of fasting the month of Ramdan due to pregnancy and breastfeeding is she obligated to make these up by fasting each day? Is there another option that she may take such as feeding the poor because it would be very difficult for her to make up so many days? Some women are pregnant or breastfeeding for many years in a row without an opportunity to make them up. Also, does she need to make these up before she can do voluntary fasting such as during the month of Shawwal? If this is the case, then it may be difficult for her to gain the rewards of fasting during this month since she would need to make up the missed days first ? Is the opportunity to make up days lost after a certain time period ? For example, if the woman had not made them up before the next Ramadan is the opportunity lost ?
Jazak Allah Khair.
Praise be to Allaah.
A Muslim woman who misses any fasts in Ramadaan because of being pregnant or breastfeeding must make them up after she no longer has that excuse, just like the sick person of whom Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “… but if any of you is ill or on a journey, the same number (should be made up) from other days…” [al-Baqarah 2:184]
A woman may space out these days (i.e., she does not have to fast them all at once, consecutively), as this is easier for her. (See also "Seventy Questions About Fasting "](http://www.islamqa.com/books.shtml),
, under the heading Books on this web-page).
It is better to make up missed days before the next Ramadaan comes, but if the excuse is still present, she may delay making them up until she is able to do so. She should not resort to feeding poor people (instead of fasting) unless she is totally unable to fast. And Allaah knows best.
Thanks everyone for their replies although im still confused.
I guess just to be on the safe side, im going to give the money - Allah knows our intentions.
And then on top of that pay my zakat too.
Midnights - thank you for the dua - yes 4 weeks left and im getting v nervous now!! It could happen any day now! Btw, I dont know how to read the gold price on that website as i had already been on that - its so confusing! Help!
Sunset - call Ram prakash jewellers in Southall and ask them what the price is per gram. They are usually reliable. 02085742450
I guess u could call up any other asian jeweller's to make sure it's the same across the board. If they quote u the price in tola's, a tola is sometimes 10 grams, and sometimes 11, so ask.