Permissibility of fasting a voluntary fast without pre-dawn intention
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Now, regarding fasting, if a person gets up in the morning without having intended to fast and finds no food to break his fast, he may follow the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in his saying: Is there any food?
If there is no food, does he continue fasting for the rest of that day?
You testify that the Prophet said: Where is the food?The questioner: In the meaning of the hadith.
The Shaykh: No, do not say that. Say: He asked for food, and they said: We have nothing.So he said: Then I am fasting. We do not know if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked for it in the late morning or before noon; we do not know.
So even your narration of this is not authentic in meaning.My intention with this is: What is attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) must be documented, known, and free from ambiguity. It is serious for a person to attribute to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) what he did not say. This statement is more beneficial than the answer to your question.
The answer to your question: For example, if a person did not intend to fast, but when morning came and he found no food, he intended to fast, we say: There is nothing wrong with that, because a voluntary fast may be intended during the day.On the condition: Provided he did not do anything that breaks the fast beforehand. If he did something that breaks the fast beforehand—Meaning: He broke his fast at the beginning of the day when he prayed the late morning prayer and said: I want to fast— is it valid or not valid?The questioner: It is not valid.
The Shaykh: How?The questioner: Because he did something that breaks the fast beforehand.
If there is no food, does he continue fasting for the rest of that day?
You testify that the Prophet said: Where is the food?The questioner: In the meaning of the hadith.
The Shaykh: No, do not say that. Say: He asked for food, and they said: We have nothing.So he said: Then I am fasting. We do not know if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked for it in the late morning or before noon; we do not know.
So even your narration of this is not authentic in meaning.My intention with this is: What is attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) must be documented, known, and free from ambiguity. It is serious for a person to attribute to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) what he did not say. This statement is more beneficial than the answer to your question.
The answer to your question: For example, if a person did not intend to fast, but when morning came and he found no food, he intended to fast, we say: There is nothing wrong with that, because a voluntary fast may be intended during the day.On the condition: Provided he did not do anything that breaks the fast beforehand. If he did something that breaks the fast beforehand—Meaning: He broke his fast at the beginning of the day when he prayed the late morning prayer and said: I want to fast— is it valid or not valid?The questioner: It is not valid.
The Shaykh: How?The questioner: Because he did something that breaks the fast beforehand.