Voluntary Fasts

112 questions

Is the intention to fast Ramadan required at night, or is it permissible to make it during the day?
Is it permissible to call one's wife for any matter during Tarawih prayer before she completes it, and is it permissible for her to interrupt the Tarawih prayer to perform her duties and then return to complete it?
What is the ruling regarding a man who has intercourse with his wife while she is observing the six days of Shawwal fast, and he is not fasting?
Is a woman's voluntary fast invalid if it is undertaken without her husband's permission, especially when she knows he will not have intercourse with her and he objects to her fasting merely out of rejection?
How can the sighting of the crescent moon be followed for Islamic legal purposes outside of Ramadan and Hajj, and does the date announced on the website rely on Islamic legal sighting and not on calendars?
What is the ruling on breaking a voluntary fast out of forgetfulness?
Is it permissible to observe voluntary fasts, such as on Mondays and Thursdays, while there are outstanding expiations (kaffarat) for breaking an oath that have not yet been fulfilled?
What is the wisdom behind prohibiting a woman from fasting supererogatory fasts except with her husband's permission, even though it is an act of worship, and there is no obedience to a creature in disobedience to the Creator?
Is the narration true which states that the face of Adam, upon him be peace, blackened after his disobedience, then gradually returned to its white color after he fasted the White Days (the 13th, 14th, and 15th of the lunar month)?
Did I err in saying "fasting of the patient" instead of "the religion of Ramadan" when I was young?
How can a woman balance performing the numerous supererogatory acts of worship and obedience that she is accustomed to with the demands of new marital life, especially at the beginning of marriage?
Is a fast intended as a vow, but not conditioned upon the occurrence of something, considered an obligatory vow or a voluntary act that permits breaking the fast?
Does the Hadith: "Whoever among you started the day fasting" include the Ramadan fast, or is it specific to voluntary fasts, and is there any recorded statement from scholars that explicitly mentions its inclusion of the obligatory Ramadan fast?
Is it permissible to combine the fasting of the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, with the fasting of the Prophet David, peace be upon him, or does the fasting of David suffice for voluntary fasting?
Is the wife entitled for her husband to seek her permission if he wishes to fast voluntarily, by analogy with the the obligation for him to seek her permission?
Can those who are unable to fast not enter through the Ar-Rayyan Gate?

Voluntary Fasts

Is the intention to fast Ramadan required at night, or is it permissible to make it during the day?

Is it permissible to call one's wife for any matter during Tarawih prayer before she completes it, and is it permissible for her to interrupt the Tarawih prayer to perform her duties and then return to complete it?

What is the ruling regarding a man who has intercourse with his wife while she is observing the six days of Shawwal fast, and he is not fasting?

Is a woman's voluntary fast invalid if it is undertaken without her husband's permission, especially when she knows he will not have intercourse with her and he objects to her fasting merely out of rejection?

How can the sighting of the crescent moon be followed for Islamic legal purposes outside of Ramadan and Hajj, and does the date announced on the website rely on Islamic legal sighting and not on calendars?

What is the ruling on breaking a voluntary fast out of forgetfulness?

Is it permissible to observe voluntary fasts, such as on Mondays and Thursdays, while there are outstanding expiations (kaffarat) for breaking an oath that have not yet been fulfilled?

What is the wisdom behind prohibiting a woman from fasting supererogatory fasts except with her husband's permission, even though it is an act of worship, and there is no obedience to a creature in disobedience to the Creator?

Is the narration true which states that the face of Adam, upon him be peace, blackened after his disobedience, then gradually returned to its white color after he fasted the White Days (the 13th, 14th, and 15th of the lunar month)?

Did I err in saying "fasting of the patient" instead of "the religion of Ramadan" when I was young?

How can a woman balance performing the numerous supererogatory acts of worship and obedience that she is accustomed to with the demands of new marital life, especially at the beginning of marriage?

Is a fast intended as a vow, but not conditioned upon the occurrence of something, considered an obligatory vow or a voluntary act that permits breaking the fast?

Does the Hadith: "Whoever among you started the day fasting" include the Ramadan fast, or is it specific to voluntary fasts, and is there any recorded statement from scholars that explicitly mentions its inclusion of the obligatory Ramadan fast?

Is it permissible to combine the fasting of the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, with the fasting of the Prophet David, peace be upon him, or does the fasting of David suffice for voluntary fasting?

Is the wife entitled for her husband to seek her permission if he wishes to fast voluntarily, by analogy with the the obligation for him to seek her permission?

Can those who are unable to fast not enter through the Ar-Rayyan Gate?