Fasting the Six Days of Shawwal on the Second Day of the Festival and Naming the Day of Distribution
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: It has become widespread among some of the general public that they fast on the second day of the Festival of Breaking the Fast as the beginning of fasting the six days of Shawwal.
The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with that, there is nothing wrong with this. The Festival of Breaking the Fast forbids fasting only on the day of the festival itself. Fasting on the day of the festival and the days after it in Shawwal is to be fasted. The six days of Shawwal begin on the second day of the month. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: They call it the Day of Distribution. Is there any virtue mentioned regarding this day?
The Shaykh:
The initiative behind the initiative is in doing good deeds. As for naming it the Day of Distribution, this is from the common people; I do not know any basis for it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: It has become widespread among some of the general public that they fast on the second day of the Festival of Breaking the Fast as the beginning of fasting the six days of Shawwal.
The Shaykh:
There is nothing wrong with that, there is nothing wrong with this. The Festival of Breaking the Fast forbids fasting only on the day of the festival itself. Fasting on the day of the festival and the days after it in Shawwal is to be fasted. The six days of Shawwal begin on the second day of the month. Yes.
The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: They call it the Day of Distribution. Is there any virtue mentioned regarding this day?
The Shaykh:
The initiative behind the initiative is in doing good deeds. As for naming it the Day of Distribution, this is from the common people; I do not know any basis for it. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 11-11-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (56:57)
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