Adding Other Intentions to a Mustaḥabb Fast

Adding Other Intentions to a Mustaḥabb Fast

63. In order to get reward, I intended to fast and at the same time decided to reduce my weight which encouraged me more to fast. Is my intention purely for Allah or not?

  A: If the later decision was a secondary decision and intention and your main incentive and aim was fasting, it is no problem; otherwise, it is invalid. If both of them constituted your intention, it is not valid either.

Source: Hadana adopted from the Istiftaat of the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei