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Sunnah & Nafl Fasts
136 fatawa from 7 South African Darul Iftas on Sunnah & Nafl Fasts, part of Fasting & Ramadan. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
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Sunnah & Nafl Fasts fatawa — page 4 of 4
- Mufti Online10 Jul 2012
Keeping Six Fasts of Shawaal with the Intention of Qadha
If I keep the six fasts of Shawaal with the niyyat of qadha, will I receive the special reward of these six fasts? Also, is it correct for fasts…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Jul 2012
Time of Nafl I'tikaaf
At which time can one sit for nafl i’tikaaf?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online3 Jul 2012
Fasting While Sitting for Nafl I'tikaaf
When sitting for nafl i’tikaaf, is it necessary for one to be fasting?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online2 Jul 2012
Fasting on a Friday
What is the maslah with regard to keeping a nafil fast on a Friday? Also is the ruling different if a qadha fast is kept on a Friday?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam24 Aug 2010
Please can you tell if when doing nafl fasts you can keep them for more than one intention. for example if i am replacing my fasts that I have missed from the last ramzaan can I
Please can you tell if when doing nafl fasts you can keep them for more than one intention. for example if i am replacing my fasts that I have…
Ml. Abdur Rahman Shareef - Ask Imaam19 Nov 2003
Is Taraweeh a nafl salaat? (kindly answer/explain statements 1,2 & 3 in detail)
Source, http://www.islamonline.net/livefatwa/english/Browse.asp?hGuestID=Tg3TuH by Sheikh Ahmad Kutty (A Senior Lecturer and an Islamic Scholar at…
Ml. Husain Kadodia - Ask Imaam5 Nov 2003
Rewards of Ramadaan for a Person That cannot Fast due to illness...2. Will my fard also be multiplied 70 times. And a Nafl the reward of a Fard?
I am not able to fast due to a chronic illness, and have determined that by past experience that fasting will be detrimental to my health. My…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam3 Nov 2003
To make up missed fasting (period, pregnancy) can I do it on the six days of Shawwal, Arafat or other special days of fast?
If yes - do I get double reward? Do I have to clarify the intentions, resp. declare them for both matters (missed fasting, intention to fast for…
Ml. Imraan Vawda - Ask Imaam12 Nov 2002
I recently had a dream just before noon that I was having sexual relation with a female. I am afraid that I may have broke my fast because of this. But this was involuntary
I am a young 19 year old male. I wanted to ask you about a certain incident and what effect it had on my fast in the month of Ramadan. I recently…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam15 Aug 2002
If a male masturbates while fasting (farz or nafl)(saum), will this break his fast?
If it breaks his fast, should he continue to fast, and then make up the fast after ramadhan. or should he break the fast and make up after ramadhan?…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam21 Apr 2002
1. permissible to fast on friday only?? 2. explain hadith on fasting of aashura
1)If you keep a nafil fast on Friday, do you have to keep another fast with it either on Thursday or Saturday? My brother told me that I cannot keep…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam28 Mar 2002
PLease explain the meaning of Hadith ... fast 10 muharram ashura
Narrated Ibn 'Umar: The Prophet observed the fast on the 10th of Muharram ('Ashura), and ordered (Muslims) to fast on that day, but when the fasting…
Moulana Muhammad ibn Moulana Haroon Abbassommar - Ask Imaam24 Mar 2002
What is the significance of the Day-of-Ashoora? Please quote the Ahadith with references regarding fasting during the month of Muharram, and the preferred days? What is the meaning of “Ashura”?
Please quote the Ahadith along with proper references?.JazakAllahu Khairan.
Mufti Taqi Uthmaani - Ask Imaam12 May 2001
Can a person make niyyah for Qadah of a missed fasts and also do niyyah for Shawwal 6 fasts ?
Assalam Alaikum Respected Mufti Sahib, 1) My question is as above (making double niyyah i.e. qada and also 6 fast of shawwal or do they have to keep…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam3 Feb 2001
Is combining the fast of Nabi Daud (AS) with the Mondays-Thursdays Sunnah fast permissible in Islam?
I would like to fast both the Sunnah fast of Mondays-Thursdays and also the Sunnah fast of Nabi Daud (AS). But I would like to know if this is…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam27 Aug 2000
Is it permissible to make up for the days missed during the month of Ramadhaan while people are fasting the six days in the month of Shawwal?
Yes. And Allah Ta'ala Knows Best. Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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