I vowed to fast a month for Allah the Exalted, but I did not specify which month. Is it permissible for me to fast thirty scattered days, or not?
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Question: I vowed to fast a month for Allah the Exalted, but I did not specify which month. Is it permissible for me to fast thirty scattered days, or not?
Answer: If one vows to fast a month and leaves it unspecified, the jurists have mentioned that he has a choice between two options: either he fasts a lunar month, in which case he is required to fast consecutively, and it suffices for him even if this month is twenty-nine days, because that is the name of the month.
It is also permissible for him to fast by number, without being restricted to the lunar month. In that case, he is required to fast thirty days; because if he fasts by number, it must be thirty days, and it is permissible for him to separate these days.
Question: Meaning, he has a choice between this and that?
Answer: He has a choice between this and that: to fast a lunar month, in which case he is restricted to the month, or to fast by number, in which case he is required to fast thirty days, whether they are scattered or consecutive.
Answer: If one vows to fast a month and leaves it unspecified, the jurists have mentioned that he has a choice between two options: either he fasts a lunar month, in which case he is required to fast consecutively, and it suffices for him even if this month is twenty-nine days, because that is the name of the month.
It is also permissible for him to fast by number, without being restricted to the lunar month. In that case, he is required to fast thirty days; because if he fasts by number, it must be thirty days, and it is permissible for him to separate these days.
Question: Meaning, he has a choice between this and that?
Answer: He has a choice between this and that: to fast a lunar month, in which case he is restricted to the month, or to fast by number, in which case he is required to fast thirty days, whether they are scattered or consecutive.