The Provision of the Hereafter-Enlightenment into Islam Center-Women's Committee

The Stance of Ahlus-Sunnah towards the Sahabah

Combining making up missed fasts of Ramadan with voluntary fasts 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷 Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said in Fataawa as-Siyaam (438): If a person fasts the day of ‘Arafah or the day of ‘Ashoora’, and he still owes fasts from Ramadan, his fast will be valid, but if he intended to fast that day to make up for a missed Ramadan fast, he will have two rewards: the reward of the day of ‘Arafah or the day of ‘Ashoora’, and the reward for making up the missed fast. This applies to voluntary fasts in general, that have nothing to do with Ramadan. But with regard to the six days of Shawwaal, they are connected to Ramadan, and can only be done after making it up. If a person fasts these days before making up missed Ramadan fasts, he will not attain the reward for them, because the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Whoever fasts Ramadan then follows it with six days of Shawwaal, it will be as if he fasted for a lifetime.” And it is well known that if a person owes missed fasts, then he cannot be regarded as having fasted Ramadan until he completes the days that he owes. End quote. 

Why do we fast on Ashoorah

Fasting the day of Ashoora

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The 3 levels of Fasting Ashoora