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I
intended to fast every Monday and Thursday but did not vow
to do this
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Question: I intended to fast every Monday and
Thursday but did not vow to do this. So is it obligatory upon
me to fast (these two days of the week) all my life? For example,
if I fasted on a Thursday and then broke my fast (in the middle
of the day), is it obligatory upon me to make up for this
day?
Response:
An act does not become incumbent just by having made an intention
to do it. So if a person intended to fast every Monday and
Thursday but then did not fast them, then there is no harm
in this.
Likewise,
if someone starts to fast and then breaks it, there is no
harm in this. This is because it is not upon a person to complete
a voluntary fast. Even if a person intended to give money
in charity and thereby decided where and how much to give,
then still it is not binding upon him to donate as he had
intended, because in matters like these, mere intention does
not make the act obligatory.
Based
upon this, we would say to the questioner that it is not obligatory
upon you to make up the fast that you broke on Thursday, and
also it is not obligatory upon you to continue to fast every
Monday and Thursday. However, if you were to do so, then it
is good, since the fast of both Monday and Thursday is from
the Sunnah.
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa Ramadhaan - Volume 1, Page 166, Fatwa No. 100;
Fataawa Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen - Volume 1, Pages 476
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