Breaking voluntary fasting by eating
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, regarding fasting, he asks: Is a person given a choice if he fasts on Monday and Thursday and happens to break his fast on that Monday or Thursday? Is that permissible for him?
Answer:
Yes, it is permissible for a person to break a voluntary fast. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did so when he entered his house and was informed that food had been prepared for him. He said, then he ate from it (peace and blessings be upon him). As for an obligatory fast, it is not permissible to break it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, regarding fasting, he asks: Is a person given a choice if he fasts on Monday and Thursday and happens to break his fast on that Monday or Thursday? Is that permissible for him?
Answer:
Yes, it is permissible for a person to break a voluntary fast. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did so when he entered his house and was informed that food had been prepared for him. He said
Show it to me, for I have been fasting since this morning.
أرنيه فإني أصبحت صائماAnd he said: The one who is fasting is the master of his own soul; if he wishes, he may complete the fast, and if he wishes, he may break it.
وقال الصائم أمير نفسه إن شاء أكمل الصيام وإن شاء أفطر
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