The ruling on fasting on Friday alone
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The questioner:
Is it permissible to single out Friday for fasting during the six days of Shawwal?
The Shaykh:
Is it permissible, what?
The questioner:
Is it permissible to single out Friday for fasting during the six days of Shawwal? This is the text of his question.
The Shaykh:
Friday is not to be singled out. The basis is that one who fasts on Friday should fast a day before it or a day after it. If he has a need on Saturday, he fasts another day; he fasts Saturday with Friday, or Friday with Thursday. Ahmad, yes, yes, yes. The answers are easy, except for Friday. He does not fast, or he does not fast what is obligatory upon him. Yes.
The questioner:
Do you seek out Friday for fasting between fasts? Is permissibility derived from that?
The Shaykh:
That is, did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) fast on a Friday without fasting a day before it and a day after it?
Is it permissible to single out Friday for fasting during the six days of Shawwal?
The Shaykh:
Is it permissible, what?
The questioner:
Is it permissible to single out Friday for fasting during the six days of Shawwal? This is the text of his question.
The Shaykh:
Friday is not to be singled out. The basis is that one who fasts on Friday should fast a day before it or a day after it. If he has a need on Saturday, he fasts another day; he fasts Saturday with Friday, or Friday with Thursday. Ahmad, yes, yes, yes. The answers are easy, except for Friday. He does not fast, or he does not fast what is obligatory upon him. Yes.
The questioner:
Do you seek out Friday for fasting between fasts? Is permissibility derived from that?
The Shaykh:
That is, did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) fast on a Friday without fasting a day before it and a day after it?
Source
شرح كتاب الصيام من بلوغ المرام، من الحديث الثالث عشر، إلى الحديث الثاني والعشرين — islamhouse.com (19:45)
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