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What is the ruling regarding a pregnant wife's abstention from fasting in Ramadan due to her pregnancy, and is she required to make up the fasts (qada') or offer expiation (fidyah)?

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If a wife is unable to fast due to pregnancy, she is permitted to break her fast, and she must make up the days she missed from Ramadan after delivering her baby and becoming pure from post-natal bleeding (nifas).

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