Doubts Regarding the Authenticity of Fasting the Six Days of Shawwal
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In this year, a number of writers in the newspapers have cast doubt on the authenticity of fasting the six days of Shawwal. What is your guidance on this? May Allah grant you success.
Answer:
The hadith is in Sahih Muslim. The hadith is established in this matter, and these people are seeking fault. These are the ones called al-Mukhdhilah. They do not act, nor do they want people to act; they only want to prevent people and criticize them. That is all their concern; their only concern is criticism. So do not pay attention to them. They look for errors and anomalous statements, then they display them to people in order to make them doubt their acts of worship and diminish the importance of worship. This is a defective action. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: In this year, a number of writers in the newspapers have cast doubt on the authenticity of fasting the six days of Shawwal. What is your guidance on this? May Allah grant you success.
Answer:
The hadith is in Sahih Muslim. The hadith is established in this matter, and these people are seeking fault. These are the ones called al-Mukhdhilah. They do not act, nor do they want people to act; they only want to prevent people and criticize them. That is all their concern; their only concern is criticism. So do not pay attention to them. They look for errors and anomalous statements, then they display them to people in order to make them doubt their acts of worship and diminish the importance of worship. This is a defective action. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب نظر المصلي إلى سجوده والنهي عن رفع البصر في الصلاة — islamhouse.com (1:05:14)
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