Shadee Elmasry – 4 Types of Fast
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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.