What is the ruling on combining more than one intention in a single fast, such as fasting one of the white days along with one of the six days of Shawwal?
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The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : Is it valid to combine two intentions in fasting on a single day, such as fasting one of the six days along with one of the white days?
The Shaykh : Acts of worship sometimes overlap, meaning that one drops the other. This is the case when we know that the objective is for this act of worship to occur at this specific time, without regard to the act of worship itself. For example, when a person enters the mosque, he does not sit until he prays two rak'ahs. If he enters the mosque intending to pray the rawatib and prays the rawatib, the greeting of the mosque is thereby dropped, because the objective is not to sit until one prays, and he has prayed. Likewise, if you enter while the imam is praying, it is well known that you will join the imam, and the greeting of the mosque is dropped from you.
Likewise, if a person fasts the six days, that suffices for him instead of fasting three days of every month. Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said:.
And if you intend to fast the white days for their own sake, then you fast the six days at the beginning of the month, and then when the white days come, you fast them, because you intended for your fasting to be at this specific time.
The Shaykh : Acts of worship sometimes overlap, meaning that one drops the other. This is the case when we know that the objective is for this act of worship to occur at this specific time, without regard to the act of worship itself. For example, when a person enters the mosque, he does not sit until he prays two rak'ahs. If he enters the mosque intending to pray the rawatib and prays the rawatib, the greeting of the mosque is thereby dropped, because the objective is not to sit until one prays, and he has prayed. Likewise, if you enter while the imam is praying, it is well known that you will join the imam, and the greeting of the mosque is dropped from you.
Likewise, if a person fasts the six days, that suffices for him instead of fasting three days of every month. Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) used to fast three days of every month and did not care whether he fasted them at the beginning of the month, in the middle, or at the end.
كان النبي صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم يصوم ثلاثة أيام من كل شهر ولا يبالي في أول الشهر صامها أو وسطه أو آخرهAnd if you intend to fast the white days for their own sake, then you fast the six days at the beginning of the month, and then when the white days come, you fast them, because you intended for your fasting to be at this specific time.