1.   “He who kept a voluntary fast, Allah Almighty shall keep him away from Hellfire by the distance travelled in forty years.”^[1]

2.   “Whosoever kept a voluntary fast for a day and was given enough gold to fill the earth, this shall still not fulfil its entire reward, as this will only be given on the Day of Judgement.”^[2]

*   Keeping many voluntary fasts in a sunnah of our Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ عَلَیْہِ واٰلہٖ وَسَلَّمَ.

*   Prophet Sulaymān عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلاَم fasted three days in the beginning, middle, and end of each month.^[3]

*   If parents stop their child from fasting due to fear of illness, they should be listened to.^[4]

*   A wife cannot keep a voluntary fast without the permission of her husband.^[5]

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More Madani pearls of knowledge relating to voluntary fasts will be taught in study circles. Please do join them to find out more!

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                     صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد