The Virtue of Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays
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Question:
The questioner, Sa'id, asks: What is the most virtuous fasting among the days of the week mentioned in the Sunnah? And what is the ruling on fasting only on Thursdays?
Answer:
It is recommended to fast on Monday and Thursday. This is what is mentioned in the Sunnah: fasting on Monday and Thursday, because they are two days on which deeds are presented to their Lord, Glorified and Exalted is He. Thus, the Muslim presents his deeds while fasting, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 4906 of the week, yes.
The questioner, Sa'id, asks: What is the most virtuous fasting among the days of the week mentioned in the Sunnah? And what is the ruling on fasting only on Thursdays?
Answer:
It is recommended to fast on Monday and Thursday. This is what is mentioned in the Sunnah: fasting on Monday and Thursday, because they are two days on which deeds are presented to their Lord, Glorified and Exalted is He. Thus, the Muslim presents his deeds while fasting, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Narrated Musa bin `Uqba: `Abdullah bin Al-Fadl told me that Anas bin Malik said, "I was much grieve over those who had been killed in the Battle of Al-Harra. When Zaid bin Arqarr heard of my intense grief (over the killed Ansar), he wrote a letter to me saying that he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, O Allah! Forgive the Ansar and the Ansar children. The subnarrator, Ibn Al-Fadl, is not sure whether the Prophet (ﷺ) also said, And their grand-children." Some of those who were present, asked Anas (about Zaid). He said, "He (Zaid) is the one about whom Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'He is the one whose sound hearing Allah testified.'
صلى الله عليه وسلم، هذا الذي يستحب من صيامه من
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7101- فضل صيام يومي الاثنين والخميس - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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