Shadee Elmasry – 4 Types of Fast

Now let's educate ourselves on the types of fasting. Of course, the

first one we'll begin with is the obligatory fast so the obligatory

fast is Ramadan, of course, but it's also called up which is

makeup. Ko Farah, which is the fast that may be a punishment that

you broke fast intentionally so you have to do certain fasts or

they can have certain oaths that may have been done and broken. And

then there's never never is an act where you, you promise to draw

near to Allah with an act of worship. And so, if you do that,

then that becomes an obligation.

Let's look at the the next category we have is the

recommended fasts. Okay, recommended fasts are a couple

verses yo modify the ninth of the hedger, this is the greatest day

of the year, of course, little cousin, the night of power is the

greatest night of the year, the greatest day of the year is called

The Day of Arafah, where the hedge is taking place, and is the high

point of the pilgrimage. So fat we who do not go on the hatch. If

you're not on hatch, you fast that day. Then there's the day of

Ashura, which is the ninth which is the 10th of Muharram. But then

we also fast a day before and after as a recommendation it's

recommended to faster or shorter. Now our shooter was the first

obligatory fast Ramadan wasn't, was recommended fast, and then

they were swapped, right the ruling on them changed. So Allah

Tala did not just come down with Ramadan, 30 days fast right away.

He made it recommended first, right let's look at the the

gradation of the law coming in. Right. So he made it recommended

first, so some people fasting some not. So it was in the air, then

when it became an obligation became easy.

And then you have the weekly fasts, which are the white days.

What does that mean? It's when the Moon is at its fullest. So there

are three days every lunar month where the moon is 100% full, then

maybe like 95%, full on both sides, right? The day before the

full moon the day after the full moon we call those la MLB or the

white days. So it's recommended fast those three days in the

middle of every month. That's the best of the habitual fasts. Why is

it the best because it's the one that you can be consistent with,

even in old age of very

ambitious fast is Monday and Thursday, every week, twice a

week. And then every other day is the most when the Prophet said no

more than that, because that's a lot of fasting. And a lot of

people have trouble keeping that in old age. But that was the

fasting of the great Prophet Dawood alayhis. Salam,

the forbidden fast, is it forbidden? Is it ever forbidden to

ask? Yes, it is. It's actually forbidden to fast on the two days

of eight. Okay, the two aids, which are of course, the AIDS

filter, and Adel Aha, the first of show well, and the 10th of the

hidden. We're not allowed to fast on aid. And then there's Yeoman

Zschech, which is the day of doubt, and that's not forbidden is

discouraged. So what does that mean? That means we went to see

the moon for just to discover the

entrance of Ramadan. We didn't see it. So maybe, you know, it's just

hidden behind a cloud? I don't know. We didn't see it. So let me

just fast anyway. We say no, we don't fast that because obligatory

acts of worship must be done with certainty, not with doubt.

Recommended things may have doubted right. But obligatory acts

of worship cannot be done with a doubt. So it's discouraged to fast

that day. If the intent is to facet as Ramadan. Right. So that's

discouraged for you to do but if it's if it's

like let's say it's a Monday and you always fast Monday, Thursday,

then you can fast no problem.