If one fasts a day from the days of Shawwal with the intention of fasting the six days from it, but begins his fasting after the midday prayer, does he count a day of the six or not?

The questioner : If you permit me, one of the scholars on the radio mentioned that he used to give an example of the one who wants to fast the six days of Shawwal. He says that on the first day, if he intends to fast from the midday prayer, and then completes it to six days, five and a half days are recorded for him, because on the first day he intended from the midday prayer. He cited as evidence the hadith: , so when he intended from the midday prayer, it is recorded for him from the first moment he intended. Do you see?

The Shaykh : I mean, was this by his choice or by necessity? How did he intend this? How did he intend? We need to know the scenario he is talking about.

The questioner : This is the scenario he mentioned, meaning he did not intend except at the midday prayer or before the midday prayer, for example. This is the scenario he mentioned.

Another questioner : I mean, he went down to his work without food, my Shaykh. So when it became midday, he remembered his state that he had not eaten anything, and the days were six from Shawwal, so he said, "Let us complete them based on the hadith: There is nothing, ?!" Scenarios like this appear.

The Shaykh : Is this scenario with you or with him?

The questioner : It is with me, my Shaykh.

The Shaykh : What did you benefit from it being with you?

The questioner : What would be the answer to it?

The Shaykh : My answer is that the statement is not correct if this is the case.

The questioner : By Allah! The statement of the one who is fasting?

The Shaykh : The statement of the Shaykh is not correct if this is the scenario.

The questioner : Yes.

Another questioner : Okay, is there another scenario according to the opinion of the brother Abu 'Abdullah?

The Shaykh : And that is why I am asking him what the scenario is.

The questioner : Ah, let me complete based on the scenario we remember. So, in this way, the Shaykh's answer would be incorrect, and the fasting is valid and a day is recorded for him?

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : Okay, the matter the Shaykh addressed in his answer is that he did not intend from the morning and intended from the midday prayer. This is resolved by the hadith, is it not?

The Shaykh : Yes, it is resolved by the hadith in the scenario included in the hadith. But it is possible that a person thinks he will fast six days from Shawwal, but as they say in Syria... he was lazy and then it became necessary for him, whereas he was remembering it.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : But he was not determined, so in this scenario, the statement he quoted from the Shaykh can be directed.

The questioner : Ah.