Fasting

QUESTION: Fasting the day of arafah expiates sins next year and previous year. If I fast on the day of Arafah, my minor sins next year will be expiated; does that mean that its okay for me to commit minor sins next year?

26 Aug

ANSWER: Of course not!! If you do, you will be punished for them as you don’t know whether Allah had accepted your fasting or not.

QUESTION: Is it mandatory to fast 9th and 10th of the muharram ? Or i can only fast on the 10th of muharram

Fasting

27 Jul

ANSWER: This is not mandatory but highly recommended. You can fast only 10th as well.

QUESTION: Sheikh, I really wanted to fast on the Day of Arafah this year, as I learnt about the Hadith that it expiates the sins of the previous and the upcoming years, but I got my periods, which was decreed for me by Allah. Will I get the reward, will my sins be forgiven (if I verbally seek Istaghfaar) while I cannot fast?

Fasting, Menstruation and post-natal bleeding

26 Jun

ANSWER: You will be rewarded in Sha Allah for your intention. If you had a habit of fasting it every year in the past, you will be rewarded as if you had fasted it in Sha Allah

QUESTION: Can I do sunnah fasts if I haven’t completed the Ramadan debt yet?

Fasting, Fasting and Ramadan

26 Jun

ANSWER: No problem but it would be wise to combine your missed fasts with the sunnah fasts to gain double the reward (except for Shawwal fasts)

QUESTION: In last ten days of dhul hijjah we should fast 2 days or 1day?? Like only the day of aashura or ashura plus one morw behind it and front of it?

Fasting

21 Jun

ANSWER: It’s the FIRST 10 days of dhul hijjah. You can fast any of the first 9 days but the most important of them all is the 9th day of dhul hijjah (day of arafah). It’s totally prohibited to fast on the 10th of dhul hijjah because it’s the eid day.

QUESTION: On which day should the fast of Arafah be observed 9th of zilhaj according to saudia or the country in which you live i.e. pakistan

Fasting

20 Jun

ANSWER: This depends on the moon sighting in your own country.

QUESTION: Is it prohibited to take out and have food that strucks in teeth?

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners, Fasting, Prayer

29 May

ANSWER: If there is food stuck in your teeth, there is no problem in taking it out and throwing it away or swallowing it if you are not fasting or praying.