Fasting Most of the Month of Muharram and the Meaning of the Prohibition Against Fasting the Entire Month
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “The best fasting after Ramadan is fasting in the month of Allah, Muharram.” You mentioned yesterday, may Allah preserve you, that one does not fast the entire month, but rather most of it. He asks: Does this mean that one breaks the fast for one day to be outside the scope of the prohibition?
Answer:
That is, one does not fast the entire month; he breaks the fast for one day or more so that he does not fast the entire month. Yes, he breaks the fast from it, meaning he breaks the fast from the month, from its beginning, from its middle, or from its end. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “The best fasting after Ramadan is fasting in the month of Allah, Muharram.” You mentioned yesterday, may Allah preserve you, that one does not fast the entire month, but rather most of it. He asks: Does this mean that one breaks the fast for one day to be outside the scope of the prohibition?
Answer:
That is, one does not fast the entire month; he breaks the fast for one day or more so that he does not fast the entire month. Yes, he breaks the fast from it, meaning he breaks the fast from the month, from its beginning, from its middle, or from its end. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن حيله ومكايده : الكلام الباطل والآراء المتهافتة والخيالات — islamhouse.com (1:09:16)
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