What are the recommended practices (sunnah) regarding fasting?
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questioner says: We hope you will clarify the recommended practices (sunnah) regarding fasting.
Answer:
The recommended practice (sunnah), as you have heard, is to fast with the intention of drawing near to Allah, without showing off or seeking reputation. One should intend to fast at night to draw near to Allah and hope for His bounty. One should fast by abstaining from the prohibitions of Allah, from backbiting, talebearing, idle talk, and other sins. It is obligatory to fast by abstaining from what Allah has forbidden, and to have a sincere intention, without showing off or seeking reputation, and without any other motive except drawing near to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, while being cautious of everything that harms one’s fast from other sins.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questioner says: We hope you will clarify the recommended practices (sunnah) regarding fasting.
Answer:
The recommended practice (sunnah), as you have heard, is to fast with the intention of drawing near to Allah, without showing off or seeking reputation. One should intend to fast at night to draw near to Allah and hope for His bounty. One should fast by abstaining from the prohibitions of Allah, from backbiting, talebearing, idle talk, and other sins. It is obligatory to fast by abstaining from what Allah has forbidden, and to have a sincere intention, without showing off or seeking reputation, and without any other motive except drawing near to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, while being cautious of everything that harms one’s fast from other sins.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 098 ما هي السنن الواردة في الصيام؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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