Group iftar at school to encourage students to fast
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. One of the schools intends to hold a group iftar for its students every Monday throughout the school year, and to urge and encourage the students to fast. One of the teachers said that this act is an innovation, so what is the correct position, may Allah preserve you?
Answer:
I say: He is truthful. This is an innovation. It is not permissible. They must not compel the students to fast voluntarily. Whoever wants to fast, he fasts and breaks his fast at his home, and whoever does not want to fast, he is not obligated to do so. The school compels them to do this, compels them to a group iftar. All of this is among the principles of innovations and newly invented matters that[Yusuf 12:40]. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. One of the schools intends to hold a group iftar for its students every Monday throughout the school year, and to urge and encourage the students to fast. One of the teachers said that this act is an innovation, so what is the correct position, may Allah preserve you?
Answer:
I say: He is truthful. This is an innovation. It is not permissible. They must not compel the students to fast voluntarily. Whoever wants to fast, he fasts and breaks his fast at his home, and whoever does not want to fast, he is not obligated to do so. The school compels them to do this, compels them to a group iftar. All of this is among the principles of innovations and newly invented matters that
for which Allah has sent down no authority
مَّا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 060 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / البيع / الحجر / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:05:26)
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