A vow to fast one day and break the fast one day for the rest of one's life
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The questioner:
Umm Khalid says that she is a married woman, and that one day she was afflicted with a tightness in her chest that exhausted her. So she performed wudu' and prayed two rak'ahs, and she vowed that if Allah cured her of this tightness, she would fast one day and break the fast one day for the rest of her life. She was cured of this ailment, and now, praise be to Allah, she is asking about the two rak'ahs. She has begun to fulfill her vow and continued for a period of a year and a half. Then Allah decreed that she became pregnant, and she stopped fasting during the period of pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding. Now her child is one year old and is still on natural breastfeeding. Does she have to make up the period during which she stopped, or does she have to pay an expiation? And what about the vow? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
She vowed that if Allah cured her, she would fast one day and break the fast one day. She says that after performing the two rak'ahs, praise be to Allah, in two rak'ahs.
The questioner:
She prayed two rak'ahs after this vow and began to fulfill her vow, and she continued for a period of a year and a half.
The Shaykh:
Meaning, she did not vow to pray two rak'ahs.
The presenter:
Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Fasting one day and breaking the fast one day is obligatory for her, because this is an act of obedience. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 6696, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The best is As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 13:288. So this is a vow of obedience, and she is obligated to fulfill it for the rest of her life, as long as she did not set a limit, whenever she is able to do so. And if she is not able, then she pays an expiation, the expiation for an oath. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Umm Khalid says that she is a married woman, and that one day she was afflicted with a tightness in her chest that exhausted her. So she performed wudu' and prayed two rak'ahs, and she vowed that if Allah cured her of this tightness, she would fast one day and break the fast one day for the rest of her life. She was cured of this ailment, and now, praise be to Allah, she is asking about the two rak'ahs. She has begun to fulfill her vow and continued for a period of a year and a half. Then Allah decreed that she became pregnant, and she stopped fasting during the period of pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding. Now her child is one year old and is still on natural breastfeeding. Does she have to make up the period during which she stopped, or does she have to pay an expiation? And what about the vow? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
She vowed that if Allah cured her, she would fast one day and break the fast one day. She says that after performing the two rak'ahs, praise be to Allah, in two rak'ahs.
The questioner:
She prayed two rak'ahs after this vow and began to fulfill her vow, and she continued for a period of a year and a half.
The Shaykh:
Meaning, she did not vow to pray two rak'ahs.
The presenter:
Yes, Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
Fasting one day and breaking the fast one day is obligatory for her, because this is an act of obedience. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever vows that he will be obedient to Allah, should remain obedient to Him
من نذر أن يطيع الله فليطعهThe fasting of Dawud (peace be upon him) was that he would fast one day and break the fast one day.
الصيام صيام داود، كان يصوم يوما ويفطر يوماThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/165 — archive.org (19:18)
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