Mālik said: If a woman attains purity during the night in Ramadan but does not know whether that happened before dawn or after it, she should fast and later make up that day.

A mustahāda (a woman experiencing non-menstrual bleeding) is not excused from fasting except on the same days she is allowed to omit the prayer. A menstruating woman, however, must make up the fast but is not required to make up the prayers.

A traveller who has broken the fast while on the road is not obliged to refrain from eating once he reaches his hometown in the middle of the day; the same rule applies to a menstruating woman who becomes pure after dawn during Ramadan.

If a traveller comes home in Ramadan and finds that his wife has become pure, he may, if he wishes, have intercourse with her.

Anyone who is unable to fast because of old age may break the fast and, for every missed day, give one mudd of wheat in charity if that is his staple; otherwise, one mudd of whatever constitutes his staple, measured by the mudd of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. According to Mālik this is recommended, while other scholars regard it as obligatory.

A pregnant woman is treated like an ill person: she may break the fast and then make it up, and if she also gives food in charity that is even better. This applies when she fears harm for herself or for the child in her womb and is unable to fast.

The same concession applies to a nursing mother who fears for her infant: she may break the fast, make up the missed days, and feed one poor person a mudd for each day. God willing, this is the most equitable of the opinions on the matter.

If someone remains unconscious for the entire day, or for most of it, in Ramadan, his fast is invalid according to Mālik, whether the loss of consciousness occurred before dawn or after it. If he is unconscious for only a small part of the day, the fast is valid, again regardless of whether the brief lapse happened before or after dawn.

Some say that if he became unconscious before dawn and did not regain consciousness until after dawn had broken, his fast is invalid no matter how brief or lengthy the episode. Others maintain that unconsciousness occurring after dawn does not invalidate the fast of one who had already formed the intention to fast, whether the period is short or long—and this view is the stronger one.