Recitation Of The Intentions Of Fasting Sunnah On Monday And Its Meaning

JAKARTA - For Muslims, Mondays and Thursdays can be maximized for sunnah fasting. Fasting on Monday to Thursday is one of the fasts that is highly recommended by the Prophet.

As quoted from nu.or.id, the following is a hadith narrated by Imam Muslim which shows the recommendation of fasting sunnah on Monday.

قَالَ وَسُئِلَ عَنْ صَوْمِ يَوْمِ الِاثْنَيْنِ قَالَ ذَاكَ يَوْمٌ وُلِدْتُ فِيهِ وَيَوْمٌ بُعِثْتُ أَوْ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيَّ فِيهِ

Meaning, "From Qatadah Al-Anshari RA, the Prophet when asked about fasting on Monday said, 'That (Monday) is the day of my birth, the day of my apostleship or the day of revelation to me." (HR Muslim).

Then, the following is the pronunciation of the intention of fasting the sunnah of Monday and Thursday.

نَوَيْتُ صَوْمَ يَوْمِ الِاثْنَيْنِ لِلهِ تَعَالَى 

Nawaitu shauma yaumil itsnaini lillâhi ta'âlâ.

Meaning, "I intend to fast sunnah on Monday because of Allah SWT."

The scholars of the Syafi'i sect place the Monday sunnah fast in the first order before the Thursday sunnah fast of the fifteen types of sunnah fasting that are highly recommended in Islam.

The following is the information contained in the Book of Tuhfatut Thullab or Syarah Tahrir which quotes the hadith narrated by At-Tirmidhi and others as follows:

والمؤكد منه خمسة عشر صوم الاثنين والخميس لأنَّه صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَتَحَرَّى صومَهما. وقال تُعْرَضُ الأَعْمَالُ يَوْمَ الاِثْنَيْنِ وَالْخَمِيسِ فَأُحِبُّ أَنْ يُعْرَضَ عَمَلِى وَأَنَا صَائِمٌ رواه الترمذي وغيره

Meaning, "The recommended fasts are fifteen. The first is the sunnah fast on Monday and Thursday because the Prophet SAW chose to fast on Monday and Thursday. The Prophet said, 'Various human deeds are displayed before (Allah) on Monday and Thursday. I am happy when My charity is presented when I fast. ' HR At-Tirmidhi and others." (Abu Zakaria Al-Anshari, Tuhfatut Thullab bi Syarhi Tahrir Tanqihil Lubab, [Beirut, Darul Fikr: 2006 M/1426-1427 H], juz I, page 410).