Singling out Saturday for fasting
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: An employee does not find it convenient to fast voluntarily except on Saturday, because it is his day off. Is it prescribed for him to fast on Saturday?
The Shaykh:
This is Ibrahim and those who say, "We disavow you"[Al-Mumtahanah 60:4]
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. An employee does not find it convenient to fast voluntarily except on Saturday, because it is his day off. Is it prescribed for him to single out Saturday for fasting?
The Shaykh:
There is a prohibition against singling out Saturday, but the hadith is weak; the hadith is weak. It is not to be cited as evidence. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A woman asks, and she says:
The Shaykh:
And if he wants to remove the doubt or remove the concern, he fasts with it a day, fasting a day before it or a day after it, until the concern is finally removed and no doubt remains in it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: An employee does not find it convenient to fast voluntarily except on Saturday, because it is his day off. Is it prescribed for him to fast on Saturday?
The Shaykh:
This is Ibrahim and those who say, "We disavow you"
and from whatever you worship other than Allah. We have denied you
وَمِمَّا تَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ كَفَرْنَا بِكُمْThe questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. An employee does not find it convenient to fast voluntarily except on Saturday, because it is his day off. Is it prescribed for him to single out Saturday for fasting?
The Shaykh:
There is a prohibition against singling out Saturday, but the hadith is weak; the hadith is weak. It is not to be cited as evidence. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A woman asks, and she says:
The Shaykh:
And if he wants to remove the doubt or remove the concern, he fasts with it a day, fasting a day before it or a day after it, until the concern is finally removed and no doubt remains in it. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 08-11-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (1:09:39)
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