The ruling on a scholar leaving the voluntary fasts to educate the people
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Question:
I have two questions for the Honorable Shaykh. Please go ahead. The first question: If people, O Shaykh, see the voluntary fasts, such as 'Ashura or the six days of Ramadan, and they regard them as being in the position of an obligation, should some scholars leave them off, meaning, to educate the people? Now, the Shaykh will answer.
Answer:
No, the scholar does not abandon it, but he alerts the people that it is not obligatory, but rather it is a sunnah (recommended practice). Whoever performs it and fasts six days of Shawwal and fasts the day of 'Ashura seeking the reward and recompense, that is for him. And whoever abandons it, there is no sin upon him. Yes.
I have two questions for the Honorable Shaykh. Please go ahead. The first question: If people, O Shaykh, see the voluntary fasts, such as 'Ashura or the six days of Ramadan, and they regard them as being in the position of an obligation, should some scholars leave them off, meaning, to educate the people? Now, the Shaykh will answer.
Answer:
No, the scholar does not abandon it, but he alerts the people that it is not obligatory, but rather it is a sunnah (recommended practice). Whoever performs it and fasts six days of Shawwal and fasts the day of 'Ashura seeking the reward and recompense, that is for him. And whoever abandons it, there is no sin upon him. Yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 01 / فتاوى على الهواء - 10 01 1435هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (17:08)
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