Is it permissible to feed the poor in lieu of the accumulated days from Ramadan that were not made up due to menstruation, post-natal bleeding (nifas), and breastfeeding, and also for this year’s Ramadan which passed while the questioner was in a state of post-natal bleeding (nifas), out of fear that fasting would affect breastfeeding or due to weakness and low blood pressure?
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You must fast the days you missed. Do not resort to feeding the poor unless you are permanently unable to fast. If delaying the make-up fasting until another began was without a valid excuse, then you must feed one poor person for each day, in addition to making up the fasts.
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