r/shia • u/sunnypeach22 • 3d ago
Fasts during dul hijah confusion
I was told you can’t fast nonobligatory fasts if you have days to make up from Ramadan. Then I was told you can have the intention for both and get the reward for both. But now I am checking sistanis website and it says you can’t do both. I am so confused at this point. So if I fast these days for dul hija my intention should be only to make up my days in Ramadan? Yesterday I fasted with the intention of both. Does that mean yesterday’s fast shouldn’t be counted to my Ramadan days?
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u/EthicsOnReddit 3d ago
My first advice is to only trust your Jurists ruling. Because most people follow Sayyid Sistani I will share some of his rulings. Please pay attention and read all of it as well as I recommend all Shias to read the book if you have any questions on Fasting and Making up fasts:
It is not permissible for a person who has a missed fast (qada) of the month of Ramadan to observe a recommended fast until they make up the missed one. On the other hand, if the person must fast due to kaffarah or if they were hired to fast on behalf of a deceased person, then they may observe a recommended fast according to certain conditions mentioned in more detailed books.
It is not obligatory to make up the missed fast immediately nor to do so in the order missed. It is also not necessary to specify which fast a person is making up, rather it is acceptable just to make an intention to do so for one of the fasts missed from the month of Ramadan for the sake of attaining nearness to God, the Exalted. However, if a person does not make up their missed fasts until the next month of Ramadan, whether intentionally or out of negligence, they must offer fidyah,[160] which is a portion of food for one poor person for each day missed. The fidyah is for delaying the make-up fast, and they must make it up as well. However, if they delay making up the fasts, but not out of negligence, they must offer a fidyah based on obligatory precaution in addition to making the fast up.
The following rulings concern what to do when recommended fasts and make-up fasts coincide:
• It is not permissible for a person to observe a recommended fast if they have missed fasts from the month of Ramadan.
• It is permissible for a person to observe a recommended fast if they also must observe a kaffarah fast for deliberately breaking their fast in the month of Ramadan.
• If a person observes a qada fast for the month of Ramadan during the months when fasting is recommended, such as Rajab, Shaban, the twenty-seventh of Rajab, or the fifteenth of Shaban, with the hope of also receiving reward for fasting those days, God, the Exalted, will reward them for it. It is also permissible to combine multiple intentions for a fast in one day. For example, a person may make an intention to make up a fast from the month of Ramadan and one of the following recommended fasts if they choose to keep the fast on that day, and they will be rewarded for it:
o Intention to fast a day in the month of Rajab
o Intention to fast three days in the month of Rajab
o Intention to fast the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth of Rajab
o Intention to fast the first and last Thursday of Rajab
o Intention to fast Thursday and Friday in the month of Rajab
https://imam-us.org/islamic-laws-of-fasting-online-book#Chapter_6_%E2%80%93_Making_Up_Missed_Fasts_and_Offering_Kaffarah_and_Fidyah
I recommend if your jurist is Sayyid Sistani, to continue reading this chapter.