[IslamCity] Masnoon Duas to Start & Break the Fast

Thu, 13 Oct 2005 08:08:59 -0700

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Masnoon Duas to Start & Break the Fast

 

 

Masnoon Dua to start a Fast

There is no du’aa’ that the Muslim should say when starting to fast each day. Rather he should simply have the intention that he is going to fast tomorrow. 

The intention is subject to the condition that it be made at night, before the fajr, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:

 

“Whoever does not intend to fast before dawn, there is no fast for him.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 730.

 

According to a version narrated by al-Nasaa’i (2334):

 

“Whoever does not intend to fast from the night before, there is no fast for him.” Classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi, 573.

 

What is meant is that whoever does not intend to fast and resolve to do so from the night before, his fast is not valid. 

 

This is with regard to obligatory fasts. With regard to naafil fasts it is permissible to make the intention to fast on the day, if you have not eaten or drunk or had intercourse after Fajr, because it was proven in the hadeeth of ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) entered upon her one day at duha time and said, “Do you have anything (any food)?” She said, “No.” He said, “Then I am fasting.” Narrated by Muslim in his Saheeh. 

 

Its an innovation (bid’ah) Uttering the intention to fast out loud:

 

The intention (niyyah) is an action of the heart. The Muslim should resolve in his heart that he is going to fast tomorrow.
 
It is not prescribed for him to utter it out loud and say, “I intend to fast” or “I will fast tomorrow” or other phrases that have been innovated by some people. Such as :
 

 

The correct intention is when a person resolves in his heart that he is going to fast tomorrow. 

 

Masnoon Dua to Break the Fast:

 

 

‘Abdullash Ibn ‘Amr Ibn Al-‘Aas related that the Messenger of Allaah (S) said: ‘Indeed the fasting person has at the time of breaking fast, a supplication which is not rejected’. Ibn Abee Mulaykah said: ‘I heard ‘Abdullaah Ibn ‘Umar say when he broke fast:

 

‘O Allaah, I ask You by Your mercy which envelops all things, that You forgive me.’

 

‘The thirst has gone and the veins are quenched, and reward is confirmed, if Allaah wills.’

(Narrated by Abu Dawood; classed as hasan by al-Albaani in Saheeh Sunan Abi Dawood, 2066). This can only mean after breaking the fast.

 

Important Note:

 

The du’aa’ “Allaahumma laka sumtu wa ‘ala rizqika aftartu” (O Allaah, for You have I fasted and by Your provision I have broken my fast)” was narrated by Abu Dawood, 2358. It is a mursal hadeeth so it is da’eef (weak). Al-Albaani classed it as da’eef in ben dawwad  (510) 

 

Someone have added “wa bika amunto wa alaika tawakaltu” in the above dua and hence it became “allahumma inni laka sumto wa bika amunto wa alaika tawakaltu wa ala wa rizqika uftartow”

 

 

Which is a wellknown dua of iftaar among people.

 

But its not the masnoon dua for iftaar.

 

Supplication said when breaking fast in someone's home:

 

‘May the fasting break their fast in your home, and may the dutiful and pious eat your food, and may the angels send prayers upon you.’

 

Related Fatawas:

Time of du’aa’ when breaking fast

Du’aa’ of the fasting person when breaking his fast

There is no specific du’aa’ to be recited when starting to fast

Uttering the intention to fast out loud is an innovation (bid’ah)

When should a person make the intention to fast, and what if he finds out during the day that Ramadan has begun?

 

Sources:

http://www.makedua.com/display_dua.php?sectionid=64

http://63.175.194.25/index.php?ln=eng&ds=qa&lv=browse&QR=26879&dgn=4

 

 

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