The validity of the phrase: Fast for nine days and receive the reward of expiation for two years
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the validity of this phrase: "Don't miss this offer for only nine days. Fast and receive the reward of expiation for two years," which refers to the ten days of Dhul Hijjah?
The Shaykh:
Why do I count this speech?
The questioner:
He says: What is the validity of this phrase: "Don't miss this offer for nine days."
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
An offer for only nine days: Fast and receive the reward of expiation for two years, or
The Shaykh:
This is commercial talk, this is commercial talk, this is nonsense. If he had said, "It is recommended that you fast the ten days of Dhul Hijjah in accordance with the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Riyad as-Salihin 1249," that would have been the obligatory thing to do. But this expression is a commercial expression, an expression of competitions. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the validity of this phrase: "Don't miss this offer for only nine days. Fast and receive the reward of expiation for two years," which refers to the ten days of Dhul Hijjah?
The Shaykh:
Why do I count this speech?
The questioner:
He says: What is the validity of this phrase: "Don't miss this offer for nine days."
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
An offer for only nine days: Fast and receive the reward of expiation for two years, or
The Shaykh:
This is commercial talk, this is commercial talk, this is nonsense. If he had said, "It is recommended that you fast the ten days of Dhul Hijjah in accordance with the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
There are no days during which the righteous action is so pleasing to Allah than these days
ما من أيام العمل فيها خير وأحب إلى الله من هذه الأيام
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، كتاب القضاء — islamhouse.com (1:01:25)
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