Fasting the Day of 'Arafah with the Intention of Making Up a Day of Ramadan
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man says: He had to make up one day of Ramadan, so he fasted on the Day of 'Arafah. Does he get the reward for fasting 'Arafah and does it count as making up the day of Ramadan?
Answer:
That is with Allah the Exalted. But fasting the Day of 'Arafah is a recommended practice (sunnah), and making up the missed day is obligatory. So if he intended it for 'Arafah, it does not count as making up the missed day. If he intended it as making up the missed day, it does not count as fasting for 'Arafah. It counts for whatever he intended.Sahih al-Bukhari 1. Yes. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man says: He had to make up one day of Ramadan, so he fasted on the Day of 'Arafah. Does he get the reward for fasting 'Arafah and does it count as making up the day of Ramadan?
Answer:
That is with Allah the Exalted. But fasting the Day of 'Arafah is a recommended practice (sunnah), and making up the missed day is obligatory. So if he intended it for 'Arafah, it does not count as making up the missed day. If he intended it as making up the missed day, it does not count as fasting for 'Arafah. It counts for whatever he intended.
The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended.
انما الاعمال بالنيات وانما لكل امرئ ما نوى
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب رفع الصوت بالأذان — islamhouse.com (1:15:44)
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