Fasting the three days of every month, whether scattered or consecutive
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Question:
And the Shaykh’s friend. In the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, he said:Riyad as-Salihin 1258, is it valid for me to fast these days scattered, or is it necessary to make them similar?
Answer:
It is permissible to vary them, and if you combine them, that is one. If you make them the white days, or the best days, the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth, the white days when the moon is full in their nights, that is better. And if you fast them on other days, or scattered, or consecutive, all of it is permissible. The important thing is that you fast three days, and that is the indication. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
And the Shaykh’s friend. In the hadith of Abu Hurayrah, he said:
My friend (the Messenger of Allah) (ﷺ) directed me to observe fast for three days in every month
أوصاني خليلي صلى الله عليه وسلم بثلاث، وذكر منها صيام ثلاثة أيام من كل شهرAnswer:
It is permissible to vary them, and if you combine them, that is one. If you make them the white days, or the best days, the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth, the white days when the moon is full in their nights, that is better. And if you fast them on other days, or scattered, or consecutive, all of it is permissible. The important thing is that you fast three days, and that is the indication. And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : وكذاك إن قلنا يُرى سبحانه — islamhouse.com (8:19)
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