The Ruling on Vowing to Fast a Month in Dispersed Days
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The Shaykh:
Then it is invalid, so he must perform wudu' and resume the tawaf from the beginning, and the prayer from the beginning. This woman has not completed her 'Umrah by this action. So, while she remains in her state of ihram, she must return to Makkah, avoid the prohibitions of ihram, return to Makkah, and complete the 'Umrah with tawaf, sa'y, and shortening the hair. Yes.
The questioner:
She remembers and says, "Shaykh Salih, she vowed to fast a month. She says, 'I did not know at the time whether I had said a continuous month or a dispersed one. Now I am fasting Mondays and Thursdays until the month I vowed is completed. Is my fasting valid?'"
The Shaykh:
The word "month" indicates continuity; it indicates fasting the number of days in the month, whether by the lunar cycle or by count. The word "month" implies continuity because a month is not complete unless its days are consecutive and full. Therefore, fasting only Mondays and Thursdays is not sufficient. We must fast a continuous month, whether by count or between the two new moons.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Then it is invalid, so he must perform wudu' and resume the tawaf from the beginning, and the prayer from the beginning. This woman has not completed her 'Umrah by this action. So, while she remains in her state of ihram, she must return to Makkah, avoid the prohibitions of ihram, return to Makkah, and complete the 'Umrah with tawaf, sa'y, and shortening the hair. Yes.
The questioner:
She remembers and says, "Shaykh Salih, she vowed to fast a month. She says, 'I did not know at the time whether I had said a continuous month or a dispersed one. Now I am fasting Mondays and Thursdays until the month I vowed is completed. Is my fasting valid?'"
The Shaykh:
The word "month" indicates continuity; it indicates fasting the number of days in the month, whether by the lunar cycle or by count. The word "month" implies continuity because a month is not complete unless its days are consecutive and full. Therefore, fasting only Mondays and Thursdays is not sufficient. We must fast a continuous month, whether by count or between the two new moons.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 244 من المجموعة الثالثة للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (0:26)
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