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Answers: 1Subcategories: 12Supererogatory Fasts
Can You Break a Voluntary Fast?
The Hadiths indicate that it is permissible for the one who is observing a voluntary fast to break it especially if he is invited to eat by a Muslim.86,280Fasting on Saturdays
24,964If countries differ with regard to when Ramadaan begins and when the day of ‘Arafah is, with whom should I fast?
232,222Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays or on Three Days of each Month?
Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays is better than fasting on three days of each month. If a person fasts on Mondays and Thursdays each week, that means that he is fasting eight days each month, so he will have done both. With regard to fasting on three days of each month, it is permissible to fast at the beginning of the month, in the middle or at the end, on consecutive days or separately. But it is better if it is done on the three white days, which are the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth.443,966Does a man have to ask his wife for permission to observe a voluntary fast as is required of her?
66,282How is the fast of Dawood (peace be upon him) observed, and how can that be reconciled with the prohibition on fasting on Fridays?
101,645He only fasts Ramadan and does not observe any naafil fasts
9,852Fasting more than three days in the month
28,336Voluntary Fasting in Islam
173,666Can You Single Friday for ‘Arafah Fasting?
If ‘Ashura or ‘Arafah coincides with a Friday, you may fast because your intention is to fast ‘Ashura or ‘Arafah, not to fast on a Friday.239,555
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