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I fast on Mondays and Thursdays with my husband’s knowledge, but sometimes he causes me to break my fast. What do you advise me to do, and do I have to make up the days I broke?

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Question:
She says: I fast on Mondays and Thursdays, and my husband knows about it and does not object to my fasting, but sometimes he causes me to break my fast. So should I limit myself to fasting the white days and the ten days of Dhul Hijjah, or what do you advise me to do? And is it obligatory for me to make up the day that I broke? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
There is no doubt that it is not permissible for a woman to fast while her husband is present, except with his permission, in the case of voluntary fasting. As for obligatory fasting, he cannot prevent her from it; he cannot stop her from it. And it is not permissible for him to make her break her fast if she is fasting an obligatory fast, whether it is performing it in its proper time or making it up, for it is not permissible for him to invalidate her fasting, because it is an obligatory fast. And whoever enters into an obligatory duty, and whoever enters into an obligatory fast, it is forbidden to break it, as the scholars have explicitly stated. Good, good.
As for the voluntary fast, it is permissible for a person to continue fasting, and it is permissible for him to break it. In voluntary fasting, a person is not required to complete the day; rather, if he sees benefit in not completing it, he breaks it, if Allah wills. And if he breaks it, he does not have to make it up, because it is not obligatory. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أصوم الاثنين والخميس بعلم زوجي، ولكن أحيانا يتسبب في تفطيري، فبماذا توجهونني، وهل أقضي ما أفطرت؟ — youtube.com

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