Young men who all fast and then break their fast together at one of their homes every Monday and Thursday: is their action an innovation?
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The questioner:
A questioner says: Young men break their fast together on Thursdays and Mondays to accustom themselves to fasting, even though they are not obligated to fast. Is their action of breaking their fast together at so-and-so's house or another's house an innovation?
The Shaykh:
Breaking the fast is not a morning fast, and fasting is not a habit to be adopted as a Sunnah. It is not permissible for young people to come up with strange things and strange independent legal opinions. It is not permissible to make this a habit and consider it a Sunnah. We do not legislate anything except what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) legislated.Mishkat al-Masabih 140Muttafaqun 'alayh (Zubair `Aliza'i) Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
If they gather for the sake of brotherhood and companionship among themselves, there is no harm. But if they gather considering it to be a Sunnah, that is an innovation. Yes.
A questioner says: Young men break their fast together on Thursdays and Mondays to accustom themselves to fasting, even though they are not obligated to fast. Is their action of breaking their fast together at so-and-so's house or another's house an innovation?
The Shaykh:
Breaking the fast is not a morning fast, and fasting is not a habit to be adopted as a Sunnah. It is not permissible for young people to come up with strange things and strange independent legal opinions. It is not permissible to make this a habit and consider it a Sunnah. We do not legislate anything except what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) legislated.
God’s messenger as saying, “If anyone introduces into this affair of ours anything which does not belong to it, it is rejected.”
صلى الله عليه وسلم من احدث بامرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو ردThe presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
If they gather for the sake of brotherhood and companionship among themselves, there is no harm. But if they gather considering it to be a Sunnah, that is an innovation. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [473 -954] شباب يصومون جميعا ثم يفطرون في بيت أحدهم كل اثنين وخميس ، فهل فعلهم بدعة.. — youtube.com
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