{"_id":"668d9fe20b76658b4c2327f7","title":"Can a woman do a sunnah fast while menstruating?","question":"Can someone who is on their period still fast on the Day of Arafah? Being that it is a voluntary fast, and not fardh, is there an exception? I was intending on fasting, so now I'm sad that I'll miss it.","answer":"During a woman's menstrual cycle, fasting, whether obligatory or voluntary, is considered prohibited, without exceptions. The aim of a believer is to be in constant submission to Allah, and Allah's instruction for women during their period is to refrain from fasting. Therefore, any believing woman who willingly abstains from fasting, particularly when she wishes to fast, as an act of obedience to Allah, demonstrates complete submission to Him, for which Allah will reward her immensely. So, as long as the believer is in a state of submission to her Lord, she has nothing to feel sad about and nothing to fear.","tags":[{"_id":"668d9fdd0b76658b4c23276e","tag":"Women: Menstruation and Bleeding","count":63},{"_id":"668d9fe20b76658b4c2327f5","tag":"Fasting: Sunnah","count":32}],"createdOn":"2024-07-09T20:38:58.283Z"}