The Reality of Continuous Fasting and Its Method
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Question:
The questioner asks, Shaykh, about the method of continuous fasting. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to fast continuously. What is the reality of continuous fasting and what is its method?
Answer:
Continuous fasting means not breaking the fast between the days; one continues fasting without iftar (breaking the fast). The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to fast continuously, and his Companions joined him in doing so, but he forbade them from itMuwatta Malik 18:42. Then they persisted in it, so he granted them a dispensation to fast continuously until the pre-dawn meal. He said: Yes.
The questioner asks, Shaykh, about the method of continuous fasting. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to fast continuously. What is the reality of continuous fasting and what is its method?
Answer:
Continuous fasting means not breaking the fast between the days; one continues fasting without iftar (breaking the fast). The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to fast continuously, and his Companions joined him in doing so, but he forbade them from it
They said, "But you practise wisal, Messenger of Allah." He replied, "I am not the same as you. My Lord feeds me and gives me to drink."
قالوا إنك تواصل يا رسول الله قال إني لست كهيئتكم إني أبيت لربي يطعمني ويسقينيWhoever is doing continuous fasting, let him continue until the pre-dawn meal (suhur).
من كان مواصلا فليواصل إلى السحر.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (183) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1440-06-02] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (18:26)
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