Fasting on Friday or Saturday Alone as a Voluntary Act
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I used to be accustomed to fasting on Thursday because it was a holiday. He says: Now I fast on Friday alone or Saturday alone as a voluntary act. He says: What is the ruling on that?
Answer:
As for Friday, it is forbidden to fast on it alone; it is forbidden to fast on Friday alone. As for Saturday, no hadith has been established regarding the prohibition of fasting on it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I used to be accustomed to fasting on Thursday because it was a holiday. He says: Now I fast on Friday alone or Saturday alone as a voluntary act. He says: What is the ruling on that?
Answer:
As for Friday, it is forbidden to fast on it alone; it is forbidden to fast on Friday alone. As for Saturday, no hadith has been established regarding the prohibition of fasting on it. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأول كيده ومكره : أنه كاد الأبوين بالأيمان الكاذبة — islamhouse.com (1:16:00)
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