The authenticity of the hadith regarding fasting on the white days and the wisdom behind the Prophet sometimes leaving them off
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The questioner:
The questioner asks: Is the hadith encouraging fasting on the white days authentic?
Another questioner:
If it is authentic, what is the wisdom?
The Shaykh:
What?
Another questioner:
Is the hadith encouraging fasting on the white days authentic? If it is authentic, what is the wisdom in the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not fast them? He asks about the authenticity of the hadith that was reported regarding fasting on the white days, and he says: If the hadith is authentic, what is the wisdom in the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not fast them?
The Shaykh:
What is the wisdom?
Another questioner:
So what is the wisdom in the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
The questioner:
Did not fast them.
The Shaykh:
He used to fast them at times, and he may have left them off due to some of his preoccupations, (peace and blessings be upon him), just as mentioned earlier: he would make it easy to fast so that it would be said, "He does not break the fast," and he would make it easy to break the fast so that it would be said, "He does not fast," according to his availability and his preoccupations, (peace and blessings be upon him).
Another questioner:
What do you mean by the white days?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
The white days, but we call this month Safar.
The Shaykh:
When the night is white and the day is white, the night is white by the moon and the day is white by the daylight.
The questioner asks: Is the hadith encouraging fasting on the white days authentic?
Another questioner:
If it is authentic, what is the wisdom?
The Shaykh:
What?
Another questioner:
Is the hadith encouraging fasting on the white days authentic? If it is authentic, what is the wisdom in the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not fast them? He asks about the authenticity of the hadith that was reported regarding fasting on the white days, and he says: If the hadith is authentic, what is the wisdom in the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not fast them?
The Shaykh:
What is the wisdom?
Another questioner:
So what is the wisdom in the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
The questioner:
Did not fast them.
The Shaykh:
He used to fast them at times, and he may have left them off due to some of his preoccupations, (peace and blessings be upon him), just as mentioned earlier: he would make it easy to fast so that it would be said, "He does not break the fast," and he would make it easy to break the fast so that it would be said, "He does not fast," according to his availability and his preoccupations, (peace and blessings be upon him).
Another questioner:
What do you mean by the white days?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
The white days, but we call this month Safar.
The Shaykh:
When the night is white and the day is white, the night is white by the moon and the day is white by the daylight.
Source
شرح كتاب الصيام من بلوغ المرام، من الحديث الثالث والعشرين، إلى الحديث السادس والعشرين — islamhouse.com (36:39)
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