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Sunnah fasts

Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays

Why the Prophet ﷺ fasted on Mondays and Thursdays, with the authentic hadith and how to keep the fast.

Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays is a voluntary Sunnah fast that many Muslims keep through the year.

Why Monday and Thursday

“Deeds of people are presented (to Allah) on Mondays and Thursdays. So I like that my actions be presented while I am fasting.”
Jami' at-Tirmidhi 747 (Abu Hurairah), graded hasan by at-Tirmidhi
“That is the day on which I was born and the day on which I received Revelation.”
Sahih Muslim 1162 (Abu Qatadah: the Prophet ﷺ was asked about fasting on Mondays)

How to keep it

  • Make your intention the night before, and eat Suhoor before Fajr.
  • Break your fast at Maghrib.
  • Skip it on the days of Eid and the days of Tashriq. In Ramadan you are already fasting.

See also: White days fasting

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