Who fasts one day and breaks the fast the next, and his day of breaking the fast falls on a Monday or similar, should he fast or break the fast?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
I am a man who fasts one day and breaks the fast the next.
The Shaykh:
One day. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: I am a man who fasts one day and breaks the fast the next, and it may happen that my day of breaking the fast falls on a Monday or similar. Is it better for me to fast it or not?
The Shaykh:
No, if you are fasting one day and breaking the fast the next, you should continue with this even if it falls on a Monday, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The best of fasting is the fasting ofSahih al-Bukhari 3419 Yes.
I am a man who fasts one day and breaks the fast the next.
The Shaykh:
One day. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: I am a man who fasts one day and breaks the fast the next, and it may happen that my day of breaking the fast falls on a Monday or similar. Is it better for me to fast it or not?
The Shaykh:
No, if you are fasting one day and breaking the fast the next, you should continue with this even if it falls on a Monday, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The best of fasting is the fasting of
(the Prophet) David who used to fast on alternate days
داود عليه السلام وكان يصوم يوما ويفطر يوما،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، مَن يصوم يومًا ويفطر يومًا وصادف يوم فطره الاثنين أو نحوه يصوم أم يفطر؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.