Voluntary Fasts
112 questions
Is Friday's fast accepted if menstruation begins on Friday evening, knowing that fasting on Friday necessitates fasting a day before or a day after?
How does a person who dies of a heart attack face the throes of death, and do recitations of the Quran or the fasting of obligatory or voluntary fasts reach the deceased?
What is the advice and guidance for getting rid of my sins of masturbation and looking at scantily clad women, with the repeated failed attempts and frequent repentance, and how can one reconcile between calling to Allah and this state of sins?
Is fasting of David (peace be upon him) better than fasting most days in imitation of the worship of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and is it better for me to fast as he did (peace be upon him)?
How can the White Days of each month be determined for fasting, especially with the variation in the Hijri date between countries, and what exactly are the White Days?
What are the rulings regarding the first days of menstruation, preceding the natural flow of blood, which appear as a brownish discharge or other colors? And what is permissible or forbidden for a woman to do or abstain from during this period, concerning prayer, fasting, reciting the Qur’an, and conjugal relations, according to the Shafi’i school of thought? Furthermore, is it obligatory to make up the days a woman fasted in Ramadan or otherwise if these days coincided with that period? And is expiation required for intercourse during those days if it was impermissible?
Is it permissible to fast the three White Days if they fall on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, or Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, or Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday?
Is excessive sexual desire during sleep, accompanied by continuous purity, considered a demonic touch or a psychological state?
What is the ruling on depositing money in an Islamic bank and living off its profits, considering leaving the current job that conflicts with performing prayers in congregation, memorizing the Qur'an, and observing voluntary fasts, for the purpose of dedicating oneself to worship?
Is it permissible to fast the White Days intermittently at the beginning and end of the month, or to fast the 12th, 14th, and 15th instead of the 13th, 14th, and 15th?
Will the torment of the grave be lifted from one who fasts on the night of the 15th of Sha'ban?
How can the beginning of each Hijri month be accurately and reliably verified to determine the White Days and fast them, and are there reliable electronic sources for that, given that available calendars are inaccurate?
What is the ruling on saying "I am fasting the Six White Days"? And should one say "the Six of Shawwal" or "the Six White Days"? And what is the origin of the appellation "the Six White Days"? And was this appellation in existence during the time of the Messenger and the Companions?
Is it obligatory for a young man who vowed to Allah to repent, and who has been afflicted with watching forbidden things on the computer after having stopped masturbating and lowered his gaze, to completely abandon the computer to rid himself of this temptation, despite using it to seek religious knowledge?
Is breaking the fast of someone who made a covenant with Allah to observe the fast of Dawud (peace be upon him) throughout his life, and changing to fasting some days of the week and the White Days, considered a breach of the covenant with Allah?
Is it permissible to fast one day from the six white days (Shawwal) along with one day from the three white days (Ayyam al-Beed)?
Is it permissible to fast the Ayyam Al-Beed intermittently—such as fasting the first, fifteenth, and thirtieth of the month—or must they be fasted on their known days?
What is the ruling on fasting the 13th, 14th, and 15th of Sha'ban, and is it an innovation?
Is it permissible for a woman to observe voluntary fasts without the permission of her husband, who objects to it, knowing that he is absent from the home throughout the fasting period and only returns at night?
What is the wisdom behind fasting the three White Days?
Is it permissible to change the intention of perpetual fasting (Sawm Al-Dahr) to fasting on behalf of a deceased father?
Which is better regarding voluntary fasting: to do a lot of it, or to fast one day and break the fast the next, or to fast specific days such as the White Days, Mondays, and Thursdays, and some scattered days?
Which is better: voluntary fasting, or glorifying, exalting, and magnifying Allah?
What is the ruling regarding the debt remaining on my friend's deceased father, and how can it be settled after the bank refused to transfer the debt to the son? And should the son perform the fasts on behalf of his father, who did not fast for two or three years due to an illness that led to his death?