What is the ruling on one who intended to fast after the afternoon prayer and had not eaten anything before that?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, regarding the fasting of the six days of Shawwal, if a person did not consume anything that breaks the fast until, for example, the afternoon prayer, and did not intend to fast until after the afternoon prayer, is this considered permissible, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Considered what?
The questioner : So, is his fasting valid, meaning does it count for him in Shawwal or not?
The Shaykh : What did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say?Sunan Ibn Majah 1716Sahih (Darussalam)
The questioner : Six days of Shawwal
The Shaykh : Like that? And what did he say: ?
The questioner :
The Shaykh : Now apply these two hadiths to a man who intended to fast at the time of the afternoon prayer, having not done anything that breaks the fast before that, and intended that this would be the first day of the six. How many days does he fast after it?
The questioner : Five
The Shaykh : Five days. How many days did he actually fast based on the two hadiths?
The questioner : Five and a half days, meaning
The Shaykh : Is it true to say that he fasted six days of Shawwal?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : The answer is finished. So, the day on which he intended to fast becomes a purely voluntary fast, for which a person is rewarded, if Allah wills, from the time he intended, and he fasts six days after it.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : May Allah forgive you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, I asked first.
The questioner : No one is asking.
The Shaykh : No, someone is asking. How can there be no one?
The Shaykh : Considered what?
The questioner : So, is his fasting valid, meaning does it count for him in Shawwal or not?
The Shaykh : What did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say?
Whoever fasts Ramadan then follows it
من صام رمضان ثم أتبعهThe questioner : Six days of Shawwal
The Shaykh :
Six days of Shawwal
ستا من شوالActions are only
إنما الأعمالThe questioner :
By intentions
بالنياتThe Shaykh : Now apply these two hadiths to a man who intended to fast at the time of the afternoon prayer, having not done anything that breaks the fast before that, and intended that this would be the first day of the six. How many days does he fast after it?
The questioner : Five
The Shaykh : Five days. How many days did he actually fast based on the two hadiths?
The questioner : Five and a half days, meaning
The Shaykh : Is it true to say that he fasted six days of Shawwal?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : The answer is finished. So, the day on which he intended to fast becomes a purely voluntary fast, for which a person is rewarded, if Allah wills, from the time he intended, and he fasts six days after it.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : May Allah forgive you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : No, I asked first.
The questioner : No one is asking.
The Shaykh : No, someone is asking. How can there be no one?