Did Allah make fasting obligatory for those before us?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Excellency the Shaykh Salih. You mentioned a moment ago the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic:[Al-Baqarah 2:183] Do those before us fast? And how was their fasting?
Answer:
Yes, fasting was made obligatory for those before us. However, it differs from our fasting, for Allah assigned to every nation a form of worship suited to their capacity and condition. So Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, made fasting obligatory for those before us, but it is not like our fasting, nor is it at the time of our fasting; rather, it has another manner and another time. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Excellency the Shaykh Salih. You mentioned a moment ago the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic:
O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْAnswer:
Yes, fasting was made obligatory for those before us. However, it differs from our fasting, for Allah assigned to every nation a form of worship suited to their capacity and condition. So Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, made fasting obligatory for those before us, but it is not like our fasting, nor is it at the time of our fasting; rather, it has another manner and another time. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل فرض الله الصيام على من كان قبلنا؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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