Voluntary Fasts
157 questions
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)?
Is it obligatory to make up for a day of fasting that a man intended to fast in Shawwal, then broke his fast without a valid excuse, after completing the fasting of six days of Shawwal, or is it sufficient for him to have only fasted the six days?
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?
How can one differentiate between fasting that is intended for its own sake and fasting that is not, in order to validate the intention of combining fasts?
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?
I heard that we are not allowed to fast before Ramadan, is that true?
Is he who fasts six days of Shawwal after Ramadan, while also making up ten days that he missed in Ramadan due to a legitimate Shar'i excuse, rewarded as if he had fasted for an entire lifetime?