Various questions on voluntary fasting and the fasting of 'Arafah for the pilgrim
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, O Shaykh, from the eleventh day until the end of the year?
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is clear, this is what is intended.
The questioner:
Now, as for the one who wants to reach the day.
The Shaykh:
I mean, the minor sins, the minor sins that are not counted among the major sins, when one avoids the major sins,
The questioner:
Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh:
Zina is among the major sins.
The questioner:
Whoever wants to fast a day in the week, he should fast on Monday or Thursday.
The Shaykh:
It is all good, it is all good, it is all good,
Another questioner:
It is not obligatory for a person to fulfill a promise made to the polytheists.
The Shaykh:
What is obligatory is that it is recommended, a sunnah (recommended practice), to fulfill it; the sunnah is to fulfill one's promise.
Another questioner:
If the pilgrim fasts on 'Arafah,
The Shaykh:
No, it is not appropriate; it is not valid.
Another questioner:
After that.
The Shaykh:
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade fasting on 'Arafah while at 'Arafah; the fasting is for those who are not pilgrims.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
What was mentioned regarding Imam Malik regarding fasting in prison.
The Shaykh:
The hadith was hidden from him after that, and others as well. Every person who is ignorant of something is excused, and the one who knows is a proof against the one who does not know.
Another questioner:
Is the remaining Sunnah only for two months?
The Shaykh:
A hadith is written every year among the people. The people's year is twelve months, but your specific year, the year of lineage, is twelve months. Is this the year of the messengers?
Another questioner:
Are the six days of Shawwal made up? Shawwal? Shawwal?
The Shaykh:
If you do not recite the Sunnah, then you wish. Yes.
May Allah reward you, O Shaykh, from the eleventh day until the end of the year?
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is clear, this is what is intended.
The questioner:
Now, as for the one who wants to reach the day.
The Shaykh:
I mean, the minor sins, the minor sins that are not counted among the major sins, when one avoids the major sins,
The questioner:
Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh:
Zina is among the major sins.
The questioner:
Whoever wants to fast a day in the week, he should fast on Monday or Thursday.
The Shaykh:
It is all good, it is all good, it is all good,
Another questioner:
It is not obligatory for a person to fulfill a promise made to the polytheists.
The Shaykh:
What is obligatory is that it is recommended, a sunnah (recommended practice), to fulfill it; the sunnah is to fulfill one's promise.
Another questioner:
If the pilgrim fasts on 'Arafah,
The Shaykh:
No, it is not appropriate; it is not valid.
Another questioner:
After that.
The Shaykh:
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade fasting on 'Arafah while at 'Arafah; the fasting is for those who are not pilgrims.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
What was mentioned regarding Imam Malik regarding fasting in prison.
The Shaykh:
The hadith was hidden from him after that, and others as well. Every person who is ignorant of something is excused, and the one who knows is a proof against the one who does not know.
Another questioner:
Is the remaining Sunnah only for two months?
The Shaykh:
A hadith is written every year among the people. The people's year is twelve months, but your specific year, the year of lineage, is twelve months. Is this the year of the messengers?
Another questioner:
Are the six days of Shawwal made up? Shawwal? Shawwal?
The Shaykh:
If you do not recite the Sunnah, then you wish. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب الصيام من بلوغ المرام، من الحديث الثالث والعشرين، إلى الحديث السادس والعشرين — islamhouse.com (20:00)
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