Q: Outside Ramadhaan, one frequently fasts but one’s object is really to try and get sugar levels down. Would such fasts be deemed nawaafil fasts or merely regarded as a personal exercise not deserving of any reward?
Q: What are the forbidden days to fast in the Islamic calender/ year? Also which are the favourable days to fast in the months and year.
Q: Is there any special reward or significance for fasting on the 27th of Rajab?
Q: I have learnt that one cannot make the niyah of a nafl along with a qaza sawm but for the sawm whose days are specified (e.g. Monday, Thursday, Yawm-e-arafah, Muharram, 15 Shabaan but not that of shawwal any that's any 6 days in the month of Shawwal), one can do qaza and one would automatically get the reward of that specified day if one has intended it as the aim is to spend that day in sawm, so just like how if one spend the nights of Qadr in doing Qaza salaat, one would get the reward of spending the night in ibaadah as the aim is to fill these auspicious nights with ibaadat. Please explain with reference.
Q: Is it permissible for one to fast on only a Friday (nafl/qadha) without fasting on any other day of the week?
Q: What is the maslah with regard to keeping a nafil fast on a Friday? Also is the ruling different if a qadha fast is kept on a Friday?