One Who Vowed to Fast Ten Consecutive Days and Found the Consecutiveness Difficult
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person vowed to fast ten consecutive days, and this is very difficult for him. May he fast them non-consecutively? Does he commit a sin, or is an expiation required of him?
Answer:
Yes, he may fast them non-consecutively if he is unable to fast them consecutively, and his vow was for consecutiveness, and he is unable to fast them consecutively. In that case, an expiation for a broken oath is required of him, in addition to the fasting. An expiation for a broken oath is required of him for the consecutiveness that did not occur.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person vowed to fast ten consecutive days, and this is very difficult for him. May he fast them non-consecutively? Does he commit a sin, or is an expiation required of him?
Answer:
Yes, he may fast them non-consecutively if he is unable to fast them consecutively, and his vow was for consecutiveness, and he is unable to fast them consecutively. In that case, an expiation for a broken oath is required of him, in addition to the fasting. An expiation for a broken oath is required of him for the consecutiveness that did not occur.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب من الشرك النذر لغير الله، وباب من الشرك الاستعاذة بغير الله — islamhouse.com (1:08:16)
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