The authenticity of the hadith encouraging fasting on the white days and the wisdom behind the Prophet’s abstention from them
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The questioner:
The questioner asks: Is the hadith encouraging fasting on the white days authentic? If it is, what is the wisdom behind it?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
Is the hadith encouraging fasting on the white days authentic? If it is, what is the wisdom behind the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not fast them? He asks about the authenticity of the hadiths that were transmitted regarding the encouragement to fast on the white days, and says: If the hadith is authentic, what is the wisdom that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not fast them?
The Shaykh:
The wisdom in inheritance.
The questioner:
So what is the wisdom behind the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) 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 exert himself in fasting until it was said, “He does not break his fast,” and he would exert himself in breaking his fast until it was said, “He does not fast,” according to his availability and his preoccupations, (peace and blessings be upon him).
Another questioner:
The white days, you mean?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Another questioner:
What Allah willed, the white days, that is the name. We do not derive it from that.
The Shaykh:
When the night is white and its day is white, the night is white by the moon, and its day is white by the daylight, as they say.
The questioner asks: Is the hadith encouraging fasting on the white days authentic? If it is, what is the wisdom behind it?
The Shaykh:
What?
The questioner:
Is the hadith encouraging fasting on the white days authentic? If it is, what is the wisdom behind the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not fast them? He asks about the authenticity of the hadiths that were transmitted regarding the encouragement to fast on the white days, and says: If the hadith is authentic, what is the wisdom that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not fast them?
The Shaykh:
The wisdom in inheritance.
The questioner:
So what is the wisdom behind the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) 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 exert himself in fasting until it was said, “He does not break his fast,” and he would exert himself in breaking his fast until it was said, “He does not fast,” according to his availability and his preoccupations, (peace and blessings be upon him).
Another questioner:
The white days, you mean?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Another questioner:
What Allah willed, the white days, that is the name. We do not derive it from that.
The Shaykh:
When the night is white and its day is white, the night is white by the moon, and its day is white by the daylight, as they say.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، باب صوم التطوع وما نُهِيَ عن صومه — islamhouse.com (28:10)
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