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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Continuous Fasting

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Question:
Is the continuous fast (wasal) specific to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)? And if a person wants to follow the Messenger and continue fasting?

Answer:
Yes, he continues fasting, but only until the pre-dawn meal. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever wants to continue fasting, let him continue until the pre-dawn meal."
They said: O Messenger of Allah, you continue fasting. He said: I amقالوا يا رسول الله إنك تواصل قال إني
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 5:167
"I am not like you; I spend the night with my Lord, who feeds me and gives me drink." Yes.
Source قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع فضيلة الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7478 — youtube.com (11:43)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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