Is it prescribed to agree to fast on Mondays and Thursdays with a collective pre-dawn meal and collective breaking of the fast?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner says: Encouraging friends and acquaintances to fast on Monday and Thursday, and we have the pre-dawn meal and break the fast together. Is this a prescribed matter, or is it an innovation?
Answer:
If it happens, meaning without any agreement, that they break their fast together and have the pre-dawn meal together, there is no harm. But if they establish this collective fasting and collective breaking of the fast, it is not permissible. This is an innovation.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a questioner says: Encouraging friends and acquaintances to fast on Monday and Thursday, and we have the pre-dawn meal and break the fast together. Is this a prescribed matter, or is it an innovation?
Answer:
If it happens, meaning without any agreement, that they break their fast together and have the pre-dawn meal together, there is no harm. But if they establish this collective fasting and collective breaking of the fast, it is not permissible. This is an innovation.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1139- هل يشرع الاتفاق على صيام الاثنين والخميس مع تسحر وإفطار جماعي؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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