{"id":24931,"date":"2022-03-31T17:53:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T17:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=24931"},"modified":"2022-03-31T17:53:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T17:53:18","slug":"is-the-following-hadith-applicable-to-nafl-fasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/is-the-following-hadith-applicable-to-nafl-fasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Following Hadith Applicable to Nafl Fasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 05992<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answered by: Alimah Zakiratul Hoque<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Question:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: \u201cEvery deed of the son of Adam will be multiplied between ten and seven hundred times. Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, said: Except fasting. It is for Me and I shall reward for it. He gives up his desires and his food for My sake.\u201d So, my question is, is this hadith mentioning fasting of Ramadan or nafl fast as well. Moreover, I wanna know what are the benefits of nafl fasting?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><strong>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">There is no specification regarding whether this is for Nafl fasts or Ramadhaan fasts. However, the Ulamaa have spoken specifically regarding the quality of the fast rather than the type of fast with regards to the rewards of fasting in similar Hadeeth. As such, it can be referring to both Nafl and Ramadhaan fasts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">When Allah says, \u201cFasting is for me and I will reward for it\u201d, the meaning of fasting is any fast which is free from sin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u0627\u062f<\/strong> <strong>\u0628\u0627\u0644\u0635\u064a\u0627\u0645<\/strong> <strong>\u0647\u0646\u0627<\/strong> <strong>\u0635\u064a\u0627\u0645<\/strong> <strong>\u0645\u0646<\/strong> <strong>\u0633\u0644\u0645<\/strong> <strong>\u0635\u064a\u0627\u0645\u0647<\/strong> <strong>\u0645\u0646<\/strong> <strong>\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0639\u0627\u0635\u064a<\/strong> <strong>\u0642\u0648\u0644\u0627<\/strong> <strong>\u0648<\/strong> <strong>\u0641\u0639\u0644\u0627<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cWhat is meant by fasting here is the fasting of one whose fasting is safe from sins in word and deed.\u201d (Fathul Bari, Vol 4, Pg 131)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Written by Alimah Zakiratul Hoque<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 05992 &nbsp; Answered by: Alimah Zakiratul Hoque &nbsp; Question: &nbsp; The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24931"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24931"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24937,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24931\/revisions\/24937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}