Voluntary Prayers and Recommended Fasting with the Day of 'Ashura
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Question:
Another question was sent by the questioner, who says: Is it prescribed for me to increase in voluntary acts other than fasting on the Day of 'Ashura? Or should I be content with fasting only and remain as I am?
Answer:
There is confirmed fasting, a confirmed sunnah (recommended practice), such as fasting on Monday, Thursday of every week, three days of every month, fasting the ten days of Dhul-Hijjah, and fasting the Day of 'Arafah. And there is... and fasting three days of every month. And there is absolute fasting, in which a person fasts on days other than those on which fasting is forbidden. So he does not single out Friday for fasting without fasting on another day, but rather he fasts a day before it or a day after it, and he fasts whatever increase in voluntary fasting is easy for him. Yes.
Another question was sent by the questioner, who says: Is it prescribed for me to increase in voluntary acts other than fasting on the Day of 'Ashura? Or should I be content with fasting only and remain as I am?
Answer:
There is confirmed fasting, a confirmed sunnah (recommended practice), such as fasting on Monday, Thursday of every week, three days of every month, fasting the ten days of Dhul-Hijjah, and fasting the Day of 'Arafah. And there is... and fasting three days of every month. And there is absolute fasting, in which a person fasts on days other than those on which fasting is forbidden. So he does not single out Friday for fasting without fasting on another day, but rather he fasts a day before it or a day after it, and he fasts whatever increase in voluntary fasting is easy for him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (098) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1436-08-02] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (7:40)
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