Those who said: the fasting person has the choice in voluntary fasting

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The fasting person has a choice until midday.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The fasting person has a choice until midday.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Whoever intends in his heart to fast has a choice as long as he has not spoken. This choice remains until most of the day has passed.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When you begin the morning intending to fast, you have a choice: if you wish, fast, and if you wish, do not fast. But if you made the fast obligatory upon yourself during the night, then fasting is now necessary.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: As long as you have not eaten or drunk, you have a choice.

Mughirah said: I asked Ibrahim: "Does a man have a choice in a voluntary fast until midday?" He said: "Yes."

Mujahid said: The fasting person has a choice until midday. When midday has passed, then what he has is the remaining part of the day.

Al-Hasan said: If a man does not begin the morning with the intention of fasting, he has a choice about the fast; if he begins the morning fasting, he should complete the fast.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: As long as a man has not eaten anything, the fasting person has a choice until midday. If he decides to eat, he may eat, and if he decides to fast, he may fast.

Al-Sha'bi said: The fasting person has a choice until midday.

Al-Hasan said: When a man has eaten suhur, the fast has become obligatory upon him; if he breaks the fast, making it up is obligatory upon him. If he merely intended to fast, he has a choice: if he wishes, he may fast, and if he wishes, he may not fast. If someone asks him, "Are you fasting?" and he answers "Yes," the fast becomes obligatory upon him. But if he says, "In sha' Allah (if Allah wills)," the fast has not become obligatory; in that case he has a choice: if he wishes, he may fast, and if he wishes, he may not.

Abu Abd al-Rahman said that it occurred to Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) to fast after the sun had passed its zenith, and he fasted.