Fasting in Rajab and Singling It Out for Fasting
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The questioner:
The middle of the month, may Allah reward you?
The Shaykh:
The middle, meaning the white days, meaning.
The questioner:
From you, has a hadith come regarding the virtue of fasting in Rajab, and are all the ones that have come weak?
The Shaykh:
It is disliked. It was from the practice of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. Singling it out for fasting is disliked, yes. Except for Thursday and Friday, this Thursday and Monday. That is, Thursday and Monday, or three days of every month, or fasting one day and breaking the fast the next. What is disliked is singling it out for fasting, yes.
The middle of the month, may Allah reward you?
The Shaykh:
The middle, meaning the white days, meaning.
The questioner:
From you, has a hadith come regarding the virtue of fasting in Rajab, and are all the ones that have come weak?
The Shaykh:
It is disliked. It was from the practice of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. Singling it out for fasting is disliked, yes. Except for Thursday and Friday, this Thursday and Monday. That is, Thursday and Monday, or three days of every month, or fasting one day and breaking the fast the next. What is disliked is singling it out for fasting, yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ الشرح الأول ]، بداية من باب قضاء رمضان متتابعا ومتفرقا وتأخيره إلى شعبان — islamhouse.com (46:19)
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