If you fast three days of the month, then fast the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth

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Updated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM

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Hadith text: If you fast three days of the month, then fast the thir…

عن أبي ذر رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : «إِذَا صُمْتَ مِنَ الشَّهْرِ ثَلاَثاً، فَصُمْ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ، وَأرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ، وَخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ».
عن قتادة بن ملحان رضي الله عنه قال: كانَ رسولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَأمُرُنَا بِصِيَامِ أيَّامِ البِيضِ: ثَلاثَ عَشْرَةَ، وَأرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ، وَخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ.
عن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما قال: كانَ رسولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لاَ يُفْطِرُ أيَّامَ البِيضِ في حَضَرٍ وَلاَ سَفَرٍ.

Explanation of the hadith: If you fast three days of the month, then fast the thir…

Abu Dharr reported that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said: “If you fast”, O Abu Dharr.

His statement, “of the month”, means any month.

“Three (days)”, means you intended it voluntarily, “then fast the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth”, means fast the 13th of the month and the two following days. These days are called the White Days – days of the white nights – because of their illumination by the full moon, and fasting them every month is recommended.

Ibn ‘Abbās reported: "The Messenger of Allah (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) never broke his fast on the White Days”, meaning the days of white nights, which are the 13th, 14th, and 15th, because they are lit up with the full moon from their beginning until their end, so fasting them is appropriate in gratitude to Allah, Exalted. His statement, “whether he was a resident or traveler” means that he adhered to fasting them in both cases. So, fasting such days is a confirmed act of Sunnah. It is more likely that his fasting the White Days is due to their being in the middle of the month, and the middle of anything is the most balanced part of it.

Categories : Jurisprudence of Acts of Worship · Fasting · Jurisprudence and Juristic Principles · Voluntary Fasting

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Wed 16 Jumada al-Awwal
الأربعاء 16 جمادى الأولى
أحدب متناقص Waning Gibbous Day 16.7 / 29.5
Illumination 96%
New moon in 13 days
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إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتَهُۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىِّ ۚ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ صَلُّوا۟ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا۟ تَسْلِيمًا

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Al-Ahzab 33:56

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