Singling out Friday for fasting for one who has no other day available, and the hadith of al-Sama'

The questioner:
Fasting on Saturday, but only Friday was available to him. He quoted the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) “Fast, as long as Friday is available to you, fast, except in isolation.” Is this sound?

The Shaykh:
We do not approach it except with caution. If he did not fast on Friday, like one who fasts on the Day of 'Arafah, or one who fasts one day and breaks the fast the next, and he had no opportunity to fast except this day due to work preventing him, we hope to leave that as a good precaution, if Allah wills. If he leaves that and fasts on Thursday or Saturday with it, it is further from doubt.

Another questioner:
Correct. The hadith of 'Imran is not sound. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

The Shaykh:
No, and it is not sound. This is not sound regarding Saturday, and this has a state of fasting and the spark is different. Fast in the middle of the month, fast at the end of the month, and at the end of the month. We hold. Yes.

Another questioner:
The greatest of the contemporary scholars graded the hadith of al-Sama' as good and interpreted it as excessive. No, no, no, not without a condition.

The Shaykh:
Not after, if he is guarding against the Shaytan or the Shaytan.

Another questioner:
We gather.

The Shaykh:
No, no. This is not sound. As for if he said, “If you do not fast a day before it,” this may be obligatory, as he said regarding Friday. But he said, “For the one who is not in need of that,” meaning that it is not fasted as a voluntary act, and this is invalid, contrary to the authentic hadiths. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Do not fast on Friday” , the day after which is Saturday, and he used to fast them on a limit.

Another questioner:
The hadith is established but contrary to the hadiths, and not from the principles?

The Shaykh:
The tea is not like the lost tea, the weak tea. And this tea is from both sides, a cause. Yes, what? Welcome, welcome. For prohibition, this is the default in prohibition, the default in prohibition is prohibition. The Messenger says, “What you are forbidden from, avoid it, and what you are commanded of, do it to the best of your ability.” This is the default. Correct, a gift, O Shaykh. Yes.

Another questioner:
In the end, we have fasting, if Allah wills.

The Shaykh:
Yes, correct, yes. Imam Ahmad’s disapproval. Perhaps because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to fast in Sha'ban except for a little, or perhaps he would find himself, and perhaps this does not contradict it. He used to fast most of Sha'ban, perhaps he fasted it all, (peace and blessings be upon him), so there is no contradiction between them. Yes.

Another questioner:
A marginal note on the reason for Imam Ahmad’s disapproval, saying that it is from the narration of al-'Ala' ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, trustworthy but sometimes makes mistakes, as in Takhrij al-Tahdhib.

The Shaykh:
Perhaps on a trustworthy basis, and from the men of Muslim. If he narrates from Muslim, if he asks about Abu Hurayrah, there is no harm in it. Yes.

Another questioner:
If Allah wills, it shows you that fasting on Friday is a prohibition of prohibition.

The Shaykh:
Yes, specifying it for prohibition. Present. Yes. It does not harm the day of command regarding what is on the saddle of the rider. Yes. Sunnah, Sunnah. Please, in the greenness. The day of the Shaykh and Thursday is more virtuous, more reward, and weaker in the authentic hadiths. And if he fasts three days of every month, that is sufficient, praise be to Allah, at any time, whether he fasts at the beginning or the middle or the end or at any sign, all is good.