The ruling on fasting one day and breaking the fast the next when it coincides with Friday
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Question:
We move on to a message received from Algeria. The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, the fasting most beloved to Allah is the fasting of Dawud (peace be upon him), as came in the meaning of the hadith. But some people say, “We fast one day and break the fast the next,” regardless of whether it is Friday. And some say, “We fast one day and break the fast the next, but when we reach Friday, we break the fast.” What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, on this fasting?
Answer:
Friday has no bearing on this fasting. One fasts one day and breaks the fast the next, even if it falls on Friday, even if it falls on Friday, because it is a follower, a follower of his fasting, and he did not intend Friday on its own. What is disliked is to single out Friday alone. But if he fasts it as a follower of a fast he was already observing, there is no blame on him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
We move on to a message received from Algeria. The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, the fasting most beloved to Allah is the fasting of Dawud (peace be upon him), as came in the meaning of the hadith. But some people say, “We fast one day and break the fast the next,” regardless of whether it is Friday. And some say, “We fast one day and break the fast the next, but when we reach Friday, we break the fast.” What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, on this fasting?
Answer:
Friday has no bearing on this fasting. One fasts one day and breaks the fast the next, even if it falls on Friday, even if it falls on Friday, because it is a follower, a follower of his fasting, and he did not intend Friday on its own. What is disliked is to single out Friday alone. But if he fasts it as a follower of a fast he was already observing, there is no blame on him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/159 — archive.org (4:11)
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