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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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If one vows to fast every day, does he fast on the days of Eid and the days of Tashriq?

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The questioner : This man makes every day a day of fasting.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : So it is obligatory for us, except for the Day of Sacrifice.

The Shaykh : How?

The questioner : All the days are considered by us as days of fasting. It is a vow.

The Shaykh : Yes, but the days on which fasting is prohibited are excluded by the Shari'ah; he cannot fast on them. The Festival of Breaking the Fast, the Festival of Sacrifice, and the three days of Tashriq—he does not fast on any of them.

The questioner : Yes, sufficient, meaning the day in place of...

The Shaykh : How?

The questioner : Meaning all the days.

The Shaykh : Meaning, as for this man, he cannot change a day for another.

The questioner : The same story, once.

The Shaykh : I say that he cannot change a day for another, because if he changes it, the second day becomes a sin, but he must feed people, meaning he expiates with the expiation of an oath.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 3322 - 4600 إذا نذر أن يصوم كل الأيام هل يصوم العيد وأيام التشريق؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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