A vow to fast ten days, beginning with 'Ashura
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The questioner:
This questioner says: A man vowed that if his son got a job, he would fast ten days.
The Shaykh:
His son.
The questioner:
He vowed that if his son got a job, he would fast ten days. The approval for his employment came, so he began fasting from 'Ashura with the intention of the vow and 'Ashura. Does the day of 'Ashura that he fasted count toward the vow?
The Shaykh:
If he intended it as part of the vow, it counts as part of the vow and not as 'Ashura, according to his intention.Sahih al-Bukhari 1 If he fasted the tenth of Muharram with the intention that it was a vow, or that he was making up a day from Ramadan, or that it was an expiation, it is what he intended and not 'Ashura. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
This questioner says: A man vowed that if his son got a job, he would fast ten days.
The Shaykh:
His son.
The questioner:
He vowed that if his son got a job, he would fast ten days. The approval for his employment came, so he began fasting from 'Ashura with the intention of the vow and 'Ashura. Does the day of 'Ashura that he fasted count toward the vow?
The Shaykh:
If he intended it as part of the vow, it counts as part of the vow and not as 'Ashura, according to his intention.
The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended.
إنما الأعمال بالنيات وإنما لكل امرئ ما نوىThe presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
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