The ruling on consistently fasting on Friday
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on consistently fasting on Friday along with Monday and Thursday?
Answer:
Friday is not to be fasted on its own; rather, it is authentically established that there is a prohibition against fasting on a single Friday, because it is the day of Friday, the day of congregational prayer, so the Muslim should be breaking his fast on this day, unless he is fasting it along with another day, in which case it is established and there is no harm. As for fasting it on its own, it is authentically established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he prohibited
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on consistently fasting on Friday along with Monday and Thursday?
Answer:
Friday is not to be fasted on its own; rather, it is authentically established that there is a prohibition against fasting on a single Friday, because it is the day of Friday, the day of congregational prayer, so the Muslim should be breaking his fast on this day, unless he is fasting it along with another day, in which case it is established and there is no harm. As for fasting it on its own, it is authentically established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he prohibited
Friday. Yes.
يوم الجمعة. نعم.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-091-منهج الاستقامة والوسطية|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (34:54)
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