The Ruling on Group Fasting
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Question:
This questioner says: What is the ruling on group fasting?
Answer:
It is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Group fasting is a bid'ah. And group prayer at night, where they make an appointment to stand for the night prayer. They pray a group prayer. It is not a congregational prayer. It is a group prayer. That means you pray in your house, and he prays in his house, and you make an appointment. This is not… Or they gather in one place, and each person prays alone. This is not permissible; this is among the newly invented innovations. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner says: What is the ruling on group fasting?
Answer:
It is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Group fasting is a bid'ah. And group prayer at night, where they make an appointment to stand for the night prayer. They pray a group prayer. It is not a congregational prayer. It is a group prayer. That means you pray in your house, and he prays in his house, and you make an appointment. This is not… Or they gather in one place, and each person prays alone. This is not permissible; this is among the newly invented innovations. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
مختصر زاد المعاد (للإمام محمد بن عبدالوهاب)، مختصر زاد المعاد [69] — alfawzan.live (59:25)
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