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31. The traveller, the ailing, those who are with child or giving suck, are not bound by the Fast; they have been exempted by God as a token of His grace. # 16 |
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Exemption from fasting is granted to those who are ill or of
advanced age (see note 14), women in their courses (see note
20), travellers (see note 30) and to women who are pregnant
and those who are nursing. This exemption is also extended
to people who are engaged in heavy labour, who, at the
same time, are advised “to show respect to the law of God and for
the exalted station of the Fast” by eating “with frugality and in
private” (Q and A 76). Shoghi Effendi has indicated that the
types of work which would exempt people from the Fast
will be defined by the Universal House of Justice.
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