The questioner says she had an operation on her throat and the doctor advised her not to fast the month of Ramadhaan. So is she required to make an expiation or [just] make up [the missed fasts]?
Tag: fasting
Discrete and humble
Daawood ibn Abi Hind رحمه الله [voluntarily] fasted for forty years, and his family were not aware of it.
My father
If you (Muhammad ibn 'Abdil-A'laa رحمه الله) were not from my family I would not have told you this about my father; he was steadfast in fasting every other day for forty years, and he would [also]...
The fast of Prophet Daawood 'alayhis-salaam
Hunaydah, the wife of Ibraaheem an-Nakha'ee, told me that Ibraaheem would fast every other day.
Fasting on a hot day
If we were with the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ on a journey, on a [particularly] hot day - none of us would be fasting except the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ and 'Abdullaah ibn Rawaahah.
The manner of breaking the fast
An oft neglected Sunnah when breaking the fast
Not be seen to be praying voluntary prayers
I have not seen a man [whom Allaah has] raised [in rank] like Maalik ibn Anas; he would not be seen to be praying voluntary prayers, nor voluntary fasting - yet he must have had a secret [hoard of...
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.
When to make the intention for the voluntary fast
Is it necessary to make the intention the night before to fast a voluntary fast [the following day]?
Feed 500 people during Ramadhaan
Hammaad ibn Abi Sulaymaan would feed five hundred people during Ramadhaan, and after 'Eed [al-Fitr] he would give 100 dirhams to each one.