My father prevents me from fasting on Mondays and Thursdays, so what do you advise me to do?

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. He says: I started fasting on Mondays and Thursdays and found great benefit in this fasting, but my family did not agree with me in that, and my father prevented me from fasting on Mondays and Thursdays, so what is your guidance?

Answer:
There is no doubt that fasting on Mondays and Thursdays has great benefits, because it is obedience to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to fast on Mondays and Thursdays because they are two days on which the deeds are presented to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He); the deeds of the servants are presented to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) on them. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . As for your father preventing you, there is a distinction in this. If your father’s prevention of you from fasting on Mondays and Thursdays is observed to be because you obey or serve your father with works he wants from you, and fasting hinders you from these works, then there is no doubt that obeying your father and serving your father is better than fasting on Mondays and Thursdays. However, if your fasting on Mondays and Thursdays does not affect your obedience to your father, serving him, and doing what he wants from you, then do not refrain from fasting on Mondays and Thursdays, because your father has no valid purpose in preventing you. Perhaps he wants to be concerned for you, perhaps your father wants to be concerned for you, but as long as you can bear this and are able to do it, you should convince your father of that and explain to him the virtue of fasting on Mondays and Thursdays. What is required of a father is to encourage his son to obey Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), not to discourage him from it. Yes.