The ruling on fasting a voluntary fast with the intention made during the day
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The questioner:
Muhammad from Riyadh is with us on the line. Yes, that is correct. Go ahead, Muhammad. Honorable Shaykh, peace be upon you. And upon you be peace.
The Shaykh:
Peace.
The questioner:
We remember Shaykh Muhammad al-Mutlaq with good. Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan, Shaykh Salih, please, my question. I was three years old when I was in the desert with the ibexes, and I felt thirsty, so I went to the Wazani grocery store intending to take some water from it. When I got to the store, I found it closed, so I went back and continued my fast until nightfall, and then I broke it. Thank you. Is this a valid fast, Shaykh, or not?
The Shaykh:
If this was a voluntary fast, and you intended it during the day, and you did not eat or drink after the dawn, and you intended it during the day, then your fast is valid. As for the obligatory fast, it is necessary to intend it before the dawn breaks, and to intend the fast from the night. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 2338Sahih (Darussalam) from the night. This is for the obligatory fast. Yes.
Muhammad from Riyadh is with us on the line. Yes, that is correct. Go ahead, Muhammad. Honorable Shaykh, peace be upon you. And upon you be peace.
The Shaykh:
Peace.
The questioner:
We remember Shaykh Muhammad al-Mutlaq with good. Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan, Shaykh Salih, please, my question. I was three years old when I was in the desert with the ibexes, and I felt thirsty, so I went to the Wazani grocery store intending to take some water from it. When I got to the store, I found it closed, so I went back and continued my fast until nightfall, and then I broke it. Thank you. Is this a valid fast, Shaykh, or not?
The Shaykh:
If this was a voluntary fast, and you intended it during the day, and you did not eat or drink after the dawn, and you intended it during the day, then your fast is valid. As for the obligatory fast, it is necessary to intend it before the dawn breaks, and to intend the fast from the night. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
There is no fast for the one who does not intend to fast
لا صيام لمن لم يجمع الصيام
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فتاوى على الهواء 21-12-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (19:18)
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