The Ruling on a Wife Fasting Without Her Husband’s Knowledge
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Question:
This questioner says: After the greeting of peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah, a man asked his wife for what a man asks of his wife on the morning of a Thursday. She said, “I have become a fasting person,” and he did not know about it. Then she said, “Whatever you wish, as long as it pleases you.” Is there anything wrong with that? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If the fast is obligatory, she has no right to consent to such a thing, such as making up a fast from Ramadan or an expiation, and he has no right to force her to combine [prayers] or to call her to her fasting. But if it is a voluntary fast, there is no harm. If he wants her to break her fast, she breaks it. She does not fast except with his permission.Sahih al-Bukhari 5195 except Ramadan”
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
This questioner says: After the greeting of peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah, a man asked his wife for what a man asks of his wife on the morning of a Thursday. She said, “I have become a fasting person,” and he did not know about it. Then she said, “Whatever you wish, as long as it pleases you.” Is there anything wrong with that? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If the fast is obligatory, she has no right to consent to such a thing, such as making up a fast from Ramadan or an expiation, and he has no right to force her to combine [prayers] or to call her to her fasting. But if it is a voluntary fast, there is no harm. If he wants her to break her fast, she breaks it. She does not fast except with his permission.
without the permission of her husband when he is at home
وزوجها شاهد إلا بإذنهThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
فتاوى المسجد الحرام (شعبان ١٤١٧ هـ) - ١ — archive.org (54:29)
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