Q: What is the duty of the breastfeeding woman during the month of Ramadan?
A: Fasting won’t be obligatory for her assuming (a) her fasting will decrease
her milk supply and thus frustrate the infant or (b) she, herself, becomes
harmed by means of it. Assuming she doesn’t fast because of (a), she must donate
¾ kg of food (namely wheat, barley etc.) to a needy person (as described by the
canon) for every day which she hadn’t fasted. Concerning (b), such a ruling is
decreed via obligatory caution. In any case, be it (a) or (b), she must observe
the required compensatory fasts.