Ruling on Prioritizing Voluntary Fasting over Making Up Missed Fasts
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Question:
Is it permissible for a person to fast voluntary fasts, such as fasting on the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah, or fasting on the Day of Ashura, or any other voluntary fasts, while he has missed fasts from Ramadan that he must make up?
We ask for your guidance on these questions.
May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The safest course is to begin with making up the missed fasts and the obligatory ones; this is the safest approach. There is scholarly disagreement on this matter: some prohibit it and say that one must begin with making up the missed fasts; some say there is no blame on him; and some say that if he begins with making up the missed fasts, that is more preferable and safer. This is the most balanced of the three positions: that he begins with making up the missed fasts as a precaution, and then performs the voluntary fasts afterward.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Is it permissible for a person to fast voluntary fasts, such as fasting on the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah, or fasting on the Day of Ashura, or any other voluntary fasts, while he has missed fasts from Ramadan that he must make up?
We ask for your guidance on these questions.
May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
The safest course is to begin with making up the missed fasts and the obligatory ones; this is the safest approach. There is scholarly disagreement on this matter: some prohibit it and say that one must begin with making up the missed fasts; some say there is no blame on him; and some say that if he begins with making up the missed fasts, that is more preferable and safer. This is the most balanced of the three positions: that he begins with making up the missed fasts as a precaution, and then performs the voluntary fasts afterward.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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