During the exams, I vowed that if I passed, I would fast seven consecutive days. After Allah granted me success and I passed, I began fasting the vow.
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Question: During the exams, I vowed that if I passed, I would fast seven consecutive days. After Allah granted me success and I passed, I began fasting the vow, but I was unable to continue for the seven days, so I fasted them separately. Is my action correct, or is it obligatory for me to repeat them consecutively? And what should be done if I am unable to fast them consecutively?
Answer: If a person vows to fast consecutive days, it is obligatory for him to fulfill his vow and fast these days consecutively. It is not permissible for him to separate them, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih al-Bukhari 6696 This is a vow of obedience. What the questioner mentioned is that she fasted the days but was unable to keep them consecutive. She has thus failed to fulfill her vow. If she broke the consecutiveness for an excuse, as she mentioned, she has a choice between two things: either she starts over and fasts the days anew consecutively, or she completes the remaining days and she owes an expiation for an oath. The expiation for an oath is well known: freeing a slave, or feeding ten poor people, with each poor person receiving half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) of the usual food in the country, or clothing ten poor people, with each poor person receiving a garment that covers him in his prayer. She chooses among these three things. If she is unable to do any one of them, she fasts three days.
Question: A lady’s daughter was in perfect health, and suddenly this daughter fell severely ill. So her mother vowed that if Allah granted her daughter life, she would pray two rak'ahs (units of prayer) for the face of Allah the Exalted after every obligatory prayer of the five obligatory prayers for the rest of her life. And Allah granted her daughter healing and life, and the mother fulfilled her vow. Then the daughter fell ill again and passed away to the mercy of Allah.And the question is: Does the mother continue to fulfill her vow, or did the vow end with the death of the daughter? Knowing that the mother is still continuing to fulfill her vow as a voluntary act and a charity for the soul of her deceased daughter?
Answer: It appears to me that her intention with the vow was for her daughter to remain alive. When she recovered from the first illness, it became obligatory for her to fulfill her vow for the duration of her daughter’s life, because she vowed to obey Allah the Mighty and Majestic. And whoever vows to obey Allah, let him obey Him. As for when she fell ill and died, it appears to me that she does not continue with the vow, because her intention with the vow was for her daughter to remain alive. And when she did not remain, the duration of the vow ended, in my view.
Unless she intended that she would continue the vowed prayer, even if she died from another illness. In that case, it is obligatory for her to continue if she intended this.
Answer: If a person vows to fast consecutive days, it is obligatory for him to fulfill his vow and fast these days consecutively. It is not permissible for him to separate them, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Whoever vows that he will be obedient to Allah, should remain obedient to Him
من نذر أن يطيع الله فليطعهQuestion: A lady’s daughter was in perfect health, and suddenly this daughter fell severely ill. So her mother vowed that if Allah granted her daughter life, she would pray two rak'ahs (units of prayer) for the face of Allah the Exalted after every obligatory prayer of the five obligatory prayers for the rest of her life. And Allah granted her daughter healing and life, and the mother fulfilled her vow. Then the daughter fell ill again and passed away to the mercy of Allah.And the question is: Does the mother continue to fulfill her vow, or did the vow end with the death of the daughter? Knowing that the mother is still continuing to fulfill her vow as a voluntary act and a charity for the soul of her deceased daughter?
Answer: It appears to me that her intention with the vow was for her daughter to remain alive. When she recovered from the first illness, it became obligatory for her to fulfill her vow for the duration of her daughter’s life, because she vowed to obey Allah the Mighty and Majestic. And whoever vows to obey Allah, let him obey Him. As for when she fell ill and died, it appears to me that she does not continue with the vow, because her intention with the vow was for her daughter to remain alive. And when she did not remain, the duration of the vow ended, in my view.
Unless she intended that she would continue the vowed prayer, even if she died from another illness. In that case, it is obligatory for her to continue if she intended this.