Must a pregnant woman who broke her fast for five days in Ramadan due to her pregnancy and fear for her fetus only make up these days, or must she both make them up and offer fidyah?
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If you break your fast out of fear for the fetus, then you are obliged to make up the days and feed a poor person for each day with one mudd of food. This is the we adopt, and it is the most cautious and absolving of the various opinions.
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