Who is exempt from fasting during a declared communal fast for affliction?
Synopsis
Pregnant women, nursing women, and children are exempt from communal fasting (unlike fixed fasts). Eating is permitted the night before even when fasting the next day (except for rain fasts, which have different rules).
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