Tamara Gray – Fasting in Shawwal

			When you come off of Ramadan, if
you are a woman, you have probably
		

			six to seven days that you need to
make up. Some will have 10. Some
		

			will have 15. As we go into Shoal,
you will have another six or seven
		

			days or 10 or 15 that you can't
fast. So for some women, it is
		

			literally impossible to make up
all of your Qatar fast in Shoal
		

			and do the six sunnahs.
		

			So the question is, what is what
are we going to do? Then, how are
		

			we managing our fast? And I've
also realized that a lot of women
		

			are not making up the fast from
one year to the next, and so they
		

			are piling up fasts. And then some
women even are are doing Sunda
		

			fast, but not making up their
fast. So all of this has really
		

			motivated me to talk about and
talk about this and really think
		

			about this. And how are we
interacting with our fasting? How
		

			are we interacting with other
fasting? How are we interacting
		

			with sunnah fasting? And what does
that mean for us as women,
		

			especially a lot of women have, on
top of the week or so of Ramadan
		

			to make up, they have days of
		

			a whole ramadans From the time
that someone told them they
		

			couldn't fast when they're
pregnant or nursing, and so they
		

			have all these days.
		

			It's a lot of days, and it's a,
it's a, it's a difficult thing for
		

			so many women. We are losing our
understanding of the importance of
		

			funneled losing our understanding
of the role that fuddled has in
		

			our lives.
		

			Now our funneled fasting, I'm
going to we have fuddled fasting.
		

			We have photo prayers that need
making up. I'm only going to talk
		

			about fasting right now our
followed fasting is something we
		

			owe God. We have a debt to Allah
		

			and a very beautiful opportunity
to pay it back, and that can be
		

			paid back at any time. Followed is
first before sun. It is the most
		

			important thing, and as many women
have many days to make up, I
		

			suggest that you don't worry about
Sanna. Leave it to the side right
		

			now, do your kada fast and yes, as
quickly as possible. Now, if you
		

			can do those kada fasts in Shawal
and gain the benefit of shawan.
		

			Alhamdulillah, maybe you do six of
them. Maybe do six of your and
		

			show what. Because you're saying
to yourself, you know, I know the
		

			Prophet sallallahu mentioned six
days of shawar. I want to just
		

			have a nod to that. I know a lot
of women who make up their fast on
		

			Mondays and Thursdays. They make
them up in the days of the Hijjah.
		

			That doesn't mean they're
combining two intentions. It means
		

			they understand there's blessing
of fasting in those days, and so
		

			they're fasting on those days to
make up their.