Atonement for intentionally breaking fast.
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saalam alikum
Dear
brother Burhan i really respect u and appreaciate
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sincearly pray to ALLAH swt to accept all
Secondly
thanks for clarifying the concept in such an easy manner and the examples got
me everything.
what i
wanted to ask u is can the concluding witr salah be the isha witr prayer and
what is the compensation if one breakes fast out of a sin or
intentionally comits an act of sin that nulifies or makes the fast
makruah
many
scholars say that that u must feed 60 poor as kafara of one single fast. pls
clariy
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Answer:
Atonement for
intentionally breaking fast
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
May Allah Subhanah reward you with the best of this world
and the Hereafter for your kind comments of encouragement for our humble
efforts in the propagation of the Truth.
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get closer to Allah and His Deen of Truth, then we would consider ourselves
indeed fortunate to have been given this opportunity by the Lord Most Merciful
to serve in His Cause. We hope, beg, and
pray the Merciful Lord accepts our humble and weak efforts, forgives us our
shortcomings, and saves you, us, and all the believers from the torment of the
Hell Fire. Ameen.
Your
Question: …..what i wanted to ask u is can the concluding witr salah be the
isha witr prayer
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 2.112 Narrated by Abdullah bin Umar
The Prophet (saws) said, "Make Witr as
your last prayer at night."
If one has no intention to offer any late night voluntary
prayers after the conclusion of their obligatory ‘Isha’ prayers, there is
absolutely no harm if one offers the ‘shafa’ (2-rakah) + the ‘witr’ (1-rakah)
prayer after their obligatory ‘Isha’ prayers….that would suffice to fulfill the
preferred Sunnah and make the ‘witr’ the last prayer of the night.
It is reported that Hadrat Ali (r.a.) said:
"The witr prayer is not required like your obligatory prayers, but the
Prophet (saws) would perform the witr prayer and say: 'O you people [followers]
of the Qur'an, perform the witr prayer,
for Allah is One and He loves the witr.'"
Your Question: ….what
is the compensation if one breakes fast out of a sin or intentionally comits
an act of sin that nulifies or makes the fast makruah
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 185:
185 Ramadan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an as a guide
to mankind also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgment (between right and
wrong). So everyone of you who is
present (or witnesses) the month should spend it in fasting but if anyone
is ill or on a journey the prescribed period (should be made up) by days later. Allah intends every facility for you He does
not want to put you to difficulties. (He
wants you) to complete the prescribed period and to glorify Him in that He has
guided you; and perchance ye shall be grateful.
If one made intention and observed the obligatory fast,
then for some reason (travel, health, weakness, etc.) was compelled or had to
break one’s fast…..one should make up that fast at a later date; and that would
suffice as an atonement for the broken fast.
Your
Question: …..many scholars say that u must feed 60 poor as kafara of one single
fast.
If one who is observing an obligatory fast and, Allah
forbid, has sexually intercourse during the hours of fasting…one would be in a
clear violation of one of the prohibitions of Allah Subhanah and guilty of a
heinous sin in the Sight of the Lord.
One should immediately turn unto one’s Lord Most Gracious
in taubah and seek sincere repentance, and manifest one’s repentance by
offering one of the following atonements for one’s abomination of having sexual
intercourse during the hours of fasting:
Abu Hurairah reported that a man came to the
Messenger of Allah (saws) and said: "I am destroyed, O Messenger of Allah
(saws)!" The Prophet (saws) asked: "What has destroyed you?" He said, "I had intercourse with my wife
during a day of Ramadan." The
Prophet (saws) asked: "Are you able to free a slave?" He said, "No". The Prophet (saws)
asked: "Is it possible for you to fast for two consecutive months?"
He said, "No." The Prophet (saws) asked: "Is it possible for you
to feed sixty poor people?" He said, "No." The Prophet (saws) said: "Then
sit." A basket of dates was brought
to the Prophet (saws) and he said to the man: ‘Give this in charity.’ The man
said: "To someone poorer than us? There is no one in this city who is
poorer than us!" The Prophet (saws)
laughed until his molar teeth could be seen and said: "Go and feed your
family with it!"
Related by the Muslim and Bukhari.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
