The ruling on fasting one day before Ramadan for one who coincides with his custom
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. In her third question, she says: Before the month of Ramadan, I used to fast on Mondays and Thursdays, and nothing was missed from them, praise be to Allah, except if I left it for a legitimate religious excuse. Is my fasting one day before Ramadan, which is Thursday, permissible or not?
Answer:
If it is your custom to fast on Thursdays and it happens to be one day before Ramadan, there is nothing wrong with it. What is prohibited is fasting the day of doubt, and you did not fast considering it to be part of Ramadan; rather, you fasted according to your custom of fasting on Thursdays. So there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. In her third question, she says: Before the month of Ramadan, I used to fast on Mondays and Thursdays, and nothing was missed from them, praise be to Allah, except if I left it for a legitimate religious excuse. Is my fasting one day before Ramadan, which is Thursday, permissible or not?
Answer:
If it is your custom to fast on Thursdays and it happens to be one day before Ramadan, there is nothing wrong with it. What is prohibited is fasting the day of doubt, and you did not fast considering it to be part of Ramadan; rather, you fasted according to your custom of fasting on Thursdays. So there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5862- حكم الصيام قبل رمضان بيوم لمن صادف عادة له - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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