A woman doing IVF may abstain from fasting upon the advice of a reliable doctor

27-7-2014 | IslamWeb

Question:

Alsalam alikom My question medical and religious at the same time, I am currently doing procedures process IVF would be the return of the embryos at the beginning of Ramadan insha Allaah and the duration of fasting we have in Britain is about 19 hours advised by the medical team that I deal with him not to fast until the outcome of pregnancy around 12 days," but they are non-Muslims" because fasting can affect the success of the pregnancy, I asked more than a doctor who specializes and Muslim "by the internet" someone advised me not to fasting and two they said to me depends on your tolerance for fasting,"but this is not clear for me, no body can fast that much hours without feeling thirsty and tired" my Medical question is : Do you actually fasting for such long hours that affect the success of the pregnancy? I take thyroxine 100 daily what is the best time to take it during Ramadan noted that for breakfast about 4 hours only? My religious question Is: it permissible for me breakfast in this case? jzakom Allah khairan

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and messenger.

It is permissible for you to abstain from fasting given your health condition, if a reliable doctor has advised you to do so and informed you that fasting would harm you or your fetus. Similarly, it is permissible for you to abstain from fasting if you know from experience that it would cause you harm. If doctors held different opinions regarding the effect of fasting on your health condition, you should follow the advice of the one who is most reliable in your view. 

Allaah Knows best.