Voluntary Fasts
112 questions
What is the ruling on someone who vowed to fast the White Days (Ayyam al-Bid) of a specific month, and fasted two of them but abandoned the third day without an excuse?
Is a husband's forbidding his pregnant wife, in her last month, from fasting 'Ashura' out of fear for her, considered a sin?
I wish to fast the Ten Days while I have make-up fasts from Ramadan; which is better?
Is fasting the ninth day sufficient for someone who drank after Fajr and did not form the intention to fast beforehand, or should they fast the eleventh day instead?
Is fasting the White Days forbidden?
What is the reason for naming the 14th, 15th, and 16th days of each month as "Ayyam al-Bid" (the White Days), and what is the ruling on fasting them?
Is a wife required to break her fast to engage in marital relations with her sick husband, and is there any sin in that?
Are the funds I received from the company considered a debt upon me, and how can they be repaid, and is it permissible to observe voluntary fasts before making up obligatory fasts?
Is it permissible for a wife to accept voluntary fasts and charity from her husband's money, the source of which is his bank salary, given that the wife does not have her own private money?
My friend fasts for two consecutive months, so is this permissible or not?
What is the ruling on gradually giving up smoking after repenting from it? Is the fact that committed friends do not ask about me evidence of their lack of brotherhood? And is showing them good deeds to prove repentance considered showing off (riya’)?
Is it permissible to fast the White Days in Sha‘ban, starting from the twelfth of the month if it falls on a Sunday, and is it disliked to complete fasting the entire month of Sha‘ban after fasting the White Days within it?
Is it permissible to combine the intention of fasting the White Days with fasting Mondays or Thursdays, in order to receive the reward for both acts with a single day of fasting?
May I fast voluntary fasts on behalf of my deceased father?
Is it permissible to fast with the intention of making up for missed days (qaḍāʾ) if the intention is made after Fajr time has begun? And is it permissible to combine the intention of making up for missed Ramadan days with fasting six days of Shawwal or with voluntary fasting, such as on Mondays and Thursdays?
Is it permissible to fulfill a vow to fast for a month by fasting on Mondays, Thursdays, and the White Days with the intention of fulfilling the vow, without recording the days that have been fasted?
How can one differentiate between striving against the self to perform acts of worship until one becomes accustomed to them, and being overly strict and excessive in them, burdening the self with what it cannot bear, especially since the feeling is the same in both cases?
What is the ruling on continuing to observe voluntary fasts after having fasted to make up for missed days and observed the six days of Shawwal?
Are there any acts of worship through which one can gain the reward of voluntary fasting for someone who suffers from a severe headache that prevents him from completing the fast?
Is fasting the White Days based on the solar calendar a correct practice?
What were the stages of fasting before it was abrogated to its current form?
What is the ruling on encouraging people to fast supererogatory fasts and holding communal iftar gatherings?
Which is better: fasting on Mondays and Thursdays, or fasting three days each month?
Is it permissible to fast three days of Shawwal's six white days with a single intention to obtain the virtue of the six days?