The Ruling on Collective Fasting and Breaking the Fast Among the Youth
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh! Some of the youth gather on certain days and agree to fast and break their fast together. What is your opinion on this practice?
Answer:
This is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Collective fasting, collective breaking of the fast, and collective night fasting are all innovations for which Allah has not sent down any authority. We fear that the matter will develop further. This practice is not permissible because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), his Companions, and the Salaf (the earliest generations) of this Ummah (the Muslim community) did not do it, and it was not known except among these later people who do not guard against innovations and are lax in them, or who imitate other innovators. This is a matter that is not permissible, and one must be cautious of it. It is not permissible to be lax in this matter.
Honorable Shaykh! Some of the youth gather on certain days and agree to fast and break their fast together. What is your opinion on this practice?
Answer:
This is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Collective fasting, collective breaking of the fast, and collective night fasting are all innovations for which Allah has not sent down any authority. We fear that the matter will develop further. This practice is not permissible because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), his Companions, and the Salaf (the earliest generations) of this Ummah (the Muslim community) did not do it, and it was not known except among these later people who do not guard against innovations and are lax in them, or who imitate other innovators. This is a matter that is not permissible, and one must be cautious of it. It is not permissible to be lax in this matter.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الرجعة، وباب الإيلاء والظهار والكفارة — islamhouse.com (1:15:20)
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