The ruling on fasting a day after the middle of Sha'ban
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Question:
I fasted yesterday, Monday, and I wish to fast today. One of the brothers told me not to fast, saying that there is a hadith prohibiting fasting once the middle of Sha'ban has passed. I insisted when he said this to me. What is the ruling? If I told you that the seventh day of fasting is for the day before it, is it permissible for me, Honorable Shaykh, to do something in the coming days, knowing that I was not previously engaged in a specific, continuous fasting, without fasting in the beginning, middle, or end of Sha'ban?
Answer:
Rather, the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "When the middle has passed, do not fast," is from the category of disliked (tanzi'ah), not from the category of prohibition. The Shaykh says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a Muslim young man resides in a disbeliever's country, and he fears for himself from fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and he has a debt, and he wanted to emigrate so that he
I fasted yesterday, Monday, and I wish to fast today. One of the brothers told me not to fast, saying that there is a hadith prohibiting fasting once the middle of Sha'ban has passed. I insisted when he said this to me. What is the ruling? If I told you that the seventh day of fasting is for the day before it, is it permissible for me, Honorable Shaykh, to do something in the coming days, knowing that I was not previously engaged in a specific, continuous fasting, without fasting in the beginning, middle, or end of Sha'ban?
Answer:
Rather, the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "When the middle has passed, do not fast," is from the category of disliked (tanzi'ah), not from the category of prohibition. The Shaykh says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a Muslim young man resides in a disbeliever's country, and he fears for himself from fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and he has a debt, and he wanted to emigrate so that he
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/84 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (27:18)
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