Is the intention from the night required for voluntary fasting?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some scholars have stated that restricted voluntary acts require an intention from the night. Is this statement correct? I mean fasting, because the question is about fasting.
Answer:
Voluntary acts do not require an intention from the night. Therefore, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fasted during the day. The proof is in the Sunnah of the Messenger, not in the words of some scholars, although I do not think a scholar would say this, meaning a true scholar, not a pretender. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some scholars have stated that restricted voluntary acts require an intention from the night. Is this statement correct? I mean fasting, because the question is about fasting.
Answer:
Voluntary acts do not require an intention from the night. Therefore, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fasted during the day. The proof is in the Sunnah of the Messenger, not in the words of some scholars, although I do not think a scholar would say this, meaning a true scholar, not a pretender. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [808 -2802] هل يشترط لصيام النوافل النية من الليل؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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