Is it obligatory to fulfill a vow of fasting three consecutive days immediately after childbirth, or can it be postponed due to breastfeeding?
A vow of obedience to be fulfilled at a specific time must be discharged then, and it is not permissible to delay it except for a legitimate excuse. Whoever delays it without an excuse commits a sin and is obligated to make it up. There is a difference of opinion regarding the necessity of expiation in such a case.
However, if the delay is due to a legitimate excuse, there is no sin and no expiation, and the vow must be fulfilled once the excuse is no longer present.
If fasting during breastfeeding would harm you or your infant, then there is no sin upon you for delaying it and no expiation. But if there is no harm in it, then you must hasten to fulfill it.
A woman in postpartum bleeding () cannot fast until she becomes pure from nifas blood.
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