A statement clarifying the prohibition against fasting on Friday alone
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, what shifted the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), “Do not fast”, from being forbidden to being disliked?
Answer:
What shifted it from that is that he granted a dispensation for fasting it along with fasting the day before it or the day after it, which indicates that fasting it alone is what is intended.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, what shifted the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), “Do not fast”
on Friday, except that you fast a day before it or a day after it
الجمعة إلا أن تصوموا يوما قبله أو يوما بعدهAnswer:
What shifted it from that is that he granted a dispensation for fasting it along with fasting the day before it or the day after it, which indicates that fasting it alone is what is intended.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/55 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (17:45)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.