The Ruling on Naming Days as Weeks and Considering Them Festivals
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Question:
The weeks: the tree week, the cleanliness week, the mosques week, and so on. We fear that one day they will become festivals for Muslims, knowing that there are only three festivals: Jumu'ah, 'Id al-Fitr, and 'Id al-Adha. What is your Eminence's opinion?
Answer:
These are not festivals. These are done to mobilize effort for these public benefits. They are not called festivals, and they are not festivals. May Allah bless you. These are for gathering strength to achieve the benefit, whether it is pruning trees, cleaning mosques, or something else. They are not festivals. Yes. Yes.
The weeks: the tree week, the cleanliness week, the mosques week, and so on. We fear that one day they will become festivals for Muslims, knowing that there are only three festivals: Jumu'ah, 'Id al-Fitr, and 'Id al-Adha. What is your Eminence's opinion?
Answer:
These are not festivals. These are done to mobilize effort for these public benefits. They are not called festivals, and they are not festivals. May Allah bless you. These are for gathering strength to achieve the benefit, whether it is pruning trees, cleaning mosques, or something else. They are not festivals. Yes. Yes.
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 17-أخرى — archive.org (35:16)
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