Regarding ‘Alee ibn al-Ja’d [it was said that] for the last sixty years, he has been fasting every other day.
Tag: fast
Intended to fast but couldn’t
If a woman made the intention to fast the 9th and 10th [days] of Muharram, and was then prevented from doing so due to [the onset of] her menses, will she be rewarded for her intention?
My father would never miss fasting
My father would never miss fasting [every] Monday and Thursday, and the three full moon days.
So that you may attain a reward similar to that of mine
Go and get me [some] water or dried dates to break my fast with, so that you may attain a reward similar to that of mine.
Let the workers work
I visited Ibraaheem ibn Haani whilst he was on his deathbed. [Whilst there] he called his son Ismaa’eel and said to him: Has the sun set [yet]?
He is a liar
Indeed whoever prays and fasts, but does not leave off sinning, then it is written that he is a liar.
Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays
He was known to fast on Mondays and Thursdays – [and] this was throughout the entire year, unless he was travelling or ill.
Fasting is a shield
Fasting is a shield with which a servant protects himself from the Fire.
Leaving off fasting due to laziness
Is a person who leaves off fasting due to laziness and heedlessness like the one that leaves off prayer in the respect that he is a disbeliever?