Muwatta Malik #708
Fasting
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، سُئِلَ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ الْحَامِلِ، إِذَا خَافَتْ عَلَى وَلَدِهَا وَاشْتَدَّ عَلَيْهَا الصِّيَامُ قَالَ تُفْطِرُ وَتُطْعِمُ مَكَانَ كُلِّ يَوْمٍ مِسْكِينًا مُدًّا مِنْ حِنْطَةٍ بِمُدِّ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَأَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ يَرَوْنَ عَلَيْهَا الْقَضَاءَ كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ {فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ مَرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَى سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ} وَيَرَوْنَ ذَلِكَ مَرَضًا مِنَ الأَمْرَاضِ مَعَ الْخَوْفِ عَلَى وَلَدِهَا .
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Abdullah
ibn Umar was asked about what a pregnant woman should do if the fast
became difficult for her and she feared for her child, and he said,
"She should break the fast and feed a poor man one mudd of wheat in
place of every day, using the mudd of the Prophet, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace."
Malik said, "The people of knowledge
consider that she has to make up for each day of the fast that she
misses as Allah, the Exalted and Glorified, says, 'And whoever of you
is sick or on a journey should fast an equal number of other days, '
and they consider her pregnancy and her concern for her child as a
sickness."
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This hadith is #708 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Fasting.