Fasting

This year 9 dhulhijjah falls on Saturday. Is it permissible to fast on Saturday as there is one hadeeth that forbids us to fast on saturday except if it is a compulsory fasting.

08 Aug

ANSWER: You can fast the day of Arafah alone even if it falls on a Friday or a Saturday, this is an exception just like Ashoora.

If your saliva tastes like food, even if subtly, after suhoor and you swallow it after suhoor, does that break your fast?

Fasting

30 Jul

ANSWER: No, the taste doesn’t break your fast. Only if there was particles of food and you swallow it, this would break your fast.

1. Is it possible to combine zul hijjah sawm and ramadhan missed sawm?? 2. Which days are not permissible to fast if we are making up for missed fasts?

Fasting

27 Jul

ANSWER: 1. This is permissible. 2. There are no days that are not allowed to fast for the missed fard fasts except the two eid days and the days of tashreeq (11, 12, 13th of dhul hijjah)

i usually fast Mondays and Thursdays, and white days (13,14,15) every month. Recently I read that the 3 fasts (white days), a person can choose any 3 days of the month to fast. Is this correct? If so, then is there any difference in reward between white days and any 3 days?

Fasting

17 Jul

ANSWER: The best is to fast the 3 white days but you can choose any random 3 days of the lunar month as well but it would be less in reward.

I want to fast d sunna fast of d first 9 days of dhul hajj. Is it OK for me to have two intentions for 3 of d 9 days for d fast of 3 days sunna fast in every month.

Fasting

15 Jul

ANSWER: No problem, even if you didn’t have this intention. It will be automatically done.

What is the sunnah way of breaking the fast. Is it to break it with dates then pray magrib and then have the meal or is it to break the fast and have the meal then pray the Salah.

Fasting

03 Jul

ANSWER: This is up to his preference. If he can eat dates and pray without thinking of food, he can pray. If hastening to pray would make him think about food, he should eat iftar and then pray.

I remember when I was 12 or 13, I was fasting in ramadan and I deliberately broke my fast. Do I have to pay kaffarah for this? I also didn’t start praying salat regularly until I was 15.

Fasting

02 Jul

ANSWER: If you had reached the age of puberty, you must make up that fast now besides repenting sincerely to Allah.

Is it possible to combine fasting of Daud and fasting of Monday and Thursday or others voluntary fasting? For example, if someone fasts on Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday with a view to observing fasting of Daud, Can he fast also on Thursday? I mean observing Fasting of Daud and Weekly fasting. In that should he fast for three days(Wed,thu,Fri)?

Fasting

01 Jul

ANSWER: This is not permissible as he would be fasting more than 15 days a month.

Sheikh I will like to know if it’s allowed to fast because you want special favour from Allah(swt)

Fasting, Innovations

27 Jun

ANSWER: This will be innovation.

While was travelling during Ramadan in train I didn’t fast with the intention that I will make up the fast. I would be honest the journey was comfortable although it was nearly 300km. Is this against the sunnah ?

Fasting

25 Jun

ANSWER: No problem in not fasting while traveling as Allah has given you the concession. However, it’s best if you fast if there’s no hardship on you.

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