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PostedJuly 11, 2021
UpdatedJuly 11, 2021
- Specified obligatory fasts: the current month of Ramadan
- Non-specified obligatory fasts: making up fasts from a past Ramadan and expiation fasts
- Specified necessary (wajib) fasts: specified vowed fasts
- Non-specified necessary (wajib) fasts: non-specified vowed fasts
- Emphasized Sunnah fasts: 10th of Muharram (day of ‘Ashura) along with the 9th
- Recommended/Voluntary (nafl) fasts: 13th, 14th, 15th of each lunar month (full moon days)
- Prohibitively disliked (makrooh tahrimi): fasting the two Eids
- Slightly disliked (makrooh tanzihi): fasting the 10th of Muharram without the 9th or the 11th days, or singling out a Saturday for fasting.