An oft neglected Sunnah when breaking the fast
Tag: fast
Fasting every other day for the last sixty years
Regarding ‘Ali ibn al-Ja’d [it was said that] for the last sixty years, he has been fasting every other day.
My father would never miss fasting
My father would never miss fasting [every] Monday and Thursday, and the three full moon days*. *13th, 14th and 15th days of every hijree calendar month.
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 (Ismaa’eel) replied: ‘No.’ He then said
He is a liar
Eesaa ibn Maryam used to say: ‘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
Shaykh al-Albaanee was known to fast every Monday and Thursday throughout the year, without fail, unless travelling or unwell.
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?