Continuing voluntary fasting throughout the year
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A man fasted two months as voluntary fasting, and he wants to continue fasting throughout the year. Is that permissible for him?
Answer:
The best fasting, as mentioned in the hadith, is the fasting of Dawud (peace be upon him), who would fast one day and break the fast the next. As for stringing together fasting for the entire year, this is not prescribed. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A man fasted two months as voluntary fasting, and he wants to continue fasting throughout the year. Is that permissible for him?
Answer:
The best fasting, as mentioned in the hadith, is the fasting of Dawud (peace be upon him), who would fast one day and break the fast the next. As for stringing together fasting for the entire year, this is not prescribed. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء في العزل — islamhouse.com (57:21)
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