A man fasting voluntarily whose mother asks him to break his fast

Shu'bah said: I asked al-Hakam and Hammad: "If a man is keeping a voluntary fast and his mother tells him to break it, what should he do?" Both of them said: "He should obey his mother, and fast from time to time."

Layth said: I asked Ata: "Out of compassion for me, my mother has made me swear that I will not pray any prayer after the obligatory one and will not keep any fast other than the obligatory. What is the ruling for me now?" He said: "Fulfil your mother's oath."

Abd al-Rahman bin Yazid said: I asked Makhul about a man who began the day fasting and then his mother insisted that he break his fast — what should he do? It was as though Makhul disliked that, and he said: "He should fast one day in its place."