If a person delays making up missed fasts until the next Ramadan because of an excuse such as ongoing illness, travel, pregnancy or breastfeeding, then he or she only has to make up the fasts. If there was no excuse, then the one who delayed it has to repent and seek forgiveness, and – according to the majority of scholars – he has to offer a Fidyah by feeding one poor person for each day, as well as making up the fasts. The correct view is that the Fidyah is not required, but if one does that in order to be on the safe side, that is good.

The correct view is that pregnant and breastfeeding women have to make up the missed fasts, and what was narrated from Ibn `Abbas and Ibn `Umar that pregnant and breastfeeding women have to feed the poor instead, is a weak view that goes against the Shar`i evidence.