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Fasts made up on tashreeq days do not count
What is the ruling on fasting on the days of tashreeq (the 11th, 12th, and 13th of Thul-Hijjah)? I made up for missed fasts from Ramadan on the days of tashreeq, but when I did so, I was not aware that fasting on these days is prohibited as I believed that the prohibition was specific to the day of eid Al-Fitr and the day of eid Al-Adh-ha only. Should.. More
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The Two-Month Expiation Fast Is Not Interrupted By Breaking Fast on Days of Eid and Tashreeq
Some time ago, I sent a question about a woman who deliberately broke her fast in Ramadan without a valid excuse. She repented from her sin and atoned for it by fasting two consecutive months. However, her last day of fasting coincided with the day of eid Al-Adh-ha. Did she do the right thing? Last time, you answered that, in Islam, no major expiation.. More
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Obeying the husband takes precedence over observing voluntary fasts
I decided to fast every other day. However, whenever my husband calls me for sexual intercourse, I respond, even though I am fasting. Yet, he does not agree with me concerning my fast. What is the viewpoint of the sharia about this?
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Is the person who fasts every other day allowed to fast on the three middle days of each month also?
Is it permissible for a Muslim to fast every other day and at the same time fast on Mondays, Thursdays, the middle three days (13,14 and 15) of each lunar month and occasions where fasting is recommended ? Or should he restrict the fast to a specific manner such as fasting on every other day only, even though this might cause him to miss fasting days.. More
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Fasting the six days in a month other than Shawwaal with a valid excuse
i had intended to fast the shawwal fasts but due to my monthly periods if im not able to do so....since i intended it but couldnt...will i get ajar for it? as the prophet(s.a.w) said wen one makes an intention to do good deed it is written for him asif he did it...?
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Permission of the group leader is not necessary in personal affairs like optional fasting
can we have a fast in tabligi jammat without our ameers permisssion on normal days
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Permissibility of Observing Voluntary Fasts Before Making Up for Days Missed In Ramadan
What is the ruling on fasting the six days of Shawwaal and the tenth of Muharram for the one who has not yet made up for the days he missed in the previous Ramadan?
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Fasting the entire month of Rajab is not a Sunnah act
Is it permissible to fast the month of Rajab?
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It is permissible to break a voluntary fast
What is the textual evidence of the permissibility of breaking a voluntary fast?
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There is nothing in the Sunnah that singles out the 15th of Sha‘baan by special fasting
What is the ruling on observing a special fast on the 15th of Sha‘baan? .. More
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Combining the virtue of observing the fast of Daawood (David) and that of fasting on Mondays and Thursdays
Someone wants to fast every other day along with fasting on Mondays and Thursdays every weak. He fasts on Saturday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. In this way, he fasts on Wednesday every week in order to win the virtue of the two kinds of fasting. Is this permissible? If it is not permissible, then what should he do?.. More
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Combining the intentions of expiatory and voluntary fasts
I swore an oath and broke it. I intended to fast three days as expiation for breaking my oath along with the voluntary six days of Shawwaal because I could not find needy people to feed since there are no such people nowadays. Then, I came to know that it is impermissible to combine the intentions of fasting the three days as expiation for breaking.. More
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Best fasting after Ramadan is Muharram
What are the days where fasting is obligatory in Muharram?
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Thin people fasting the fast of Daawood
Salaam 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh, is it recommended for people who are thin & slim to observe the fast of Dawood (aleyhi salaam), meaning to fast every second day, if they want to? May Allah guide us to his mercy. Ameen.
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Fasting on the eleventh day of Muharram thinking that it is ‘Aashooraa’
What is the ruling of fasting on a day thinking that it is the tenth of Muharram according to the calendars found in bookshops but, in the middle of the day, I discovered that it is the eleventh day of Muharram? .. More
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