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Ramadan fasting when travelling, ill or pregnant: four schools

November 4, 2026 by IslamWorldHQ Desk

A packed suitcase and a folded prayer mat beside a sunlit window with a small bowl of dates.

What Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi’i and Hanbali scholars say about missing Ramadan fasts for travel, illness, pregnancy and breastfeeding, with qada, fidya and a step-by-step checklist.