A woman vowed to fast on Mondays and Thursdays, so if she becomes ill and does not fast, does she owe anything?

The questioner : The point here is about the perspective, and the perspective one looks at is that of a neighbor who said: I look at it this way, every month I fast on Mondays and Thursdays for the rest of my life. If I get tired, get sick, have an operation, and end up lying in bed for a period of time, and then I come back and make up all of it, is there anything required of her or not?

The Shaykh : First, a vow is disliked. Yes, indeed. So a person should not make a vow. A person who wants to obey Allah should volunteer for Allah without a vow. If he vows to do an act of obedience, it is obligatory for him to do that act of obedience, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

The presenter : May Allah send prayers and peace upon him.

The Shaykh : And this woman who vowed to fast must fulfill her vow.

The questioner : You are building this on the basis of a lifetime.

The Shaykh : As long as she is in this condition, and Mondays and Thursdays, she can perform them; it is not for all eternity.

The questioner : She said she would do it all until she dies, meaning, look, until she reaches the mercy of Allah, that she would fast them until she got tired and ended up sitting in the hospital for three months, yes, and then she recovered and made up all of it while she was still unwell.

The Shaykh : There is no meaning to it, if Allah wills, there is no meaning to it.

The questioner : She owes nothing.

The Shaykh : There is nothing required of her, yes.

The questioner : Meaning, she just makes up all of her fasting, the month she fasts it.

The Shaykh : She fasts what she missed due to illness, just as if she had missed Ramadan due to illness, she would make it up, yes.