So it is similar to what is obligatory in one sense, and if he chooses it and accepts the choice, his ruling regarding him is the ruling on what is permissible and he has the choice to do it and leave it, so it is similar to voluntary action, and doing what is recommended to him is better than abandoning it, and that is why he said about it, and that you fast is better for you.

It came out. Muslim, on the authority of Salamah bin Al-Akwa’, said: “We were in Ramadan during the time of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. Whoever wished fasted, and whoever wished broke his fast and ransomed food for a poor person, until this verse was revealed. So whoever of you witnesses the month, let him fast it. Some of them made that an abrogation, and some of them made it specific.

This is our doctrine, so the ruling of the verse remains regarding the pregnant and breastfeeding woman if they fear for their child and God calls him. They volunteered