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What
are the different categories/ranks in fasting?
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this fatwa to: www.fatwa-online.com, thankyou!*
Question: I have heard there are (different) categories/ranks
in fasting, what is the truth of this statement? And is there
a specific reward for each?
Response:
By categories/ranks, if you mean obligatory (fard) and supererogatory
(nafl), then this is correct. The obligatory is better than
the supererogatory. As for the degree of excellence and reward,
then the reward is with Allaah. With respect to those fasting,
then here there is a big difference according to what the
person does whilst fasting with respect to adhering to good
Islaamic manners and behaviour and lack of doing so. Also,
according to that which he has in his heart in terms of sincerity
(ikhlaas).
Shakyh
Ibn al-'Uthaymeen
Fataawa Ramadhaan - Volume 2, Page 744, Fatwa No. 755;
Fataawa ash-Shaykh Muhammad as-Saalih al-Uthaymeen - Volume
1, Page 562
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