Agreement on Fasting on Monday and Breaking the Fast Collectively
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible for me to agree with my colleagues to fast on Monday, and then we gather to break our fast at one table, and so on?
Answer:
No, this is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Collective fasting and the collective tahajjud prayer that people agree upon and gather for are not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible for me to agree with my colleagues to fast on Monday, and then we gather to break our fast at one table, and so on?
Answer:
No, this is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Collective fasting and the collective tahajjud prayer that people agree upon and gather for are not permissible. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن مكايده التي بلغ فيها مراده : مكيدة التحليل — islamhouse.com (53:58)
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