Is it permissible for a wife to observe a supererogatory fast without informing her husband, and is she sinful if she breaks her fast when he requests intercourse and she responds to him without informing him of her fasting?
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A wife is not permitted to observe a supererogatory fast without her husband's permission. It is obligatory for her to obey him if he requests intimacy, and she incurs no sin by breaking this fast. Her husband is also permitted to break it.
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