Do the Christians' transfer of their fasting count as the nasī' mentioned in the Qur'an?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: The scholars have mentioned that the Christians used to fast for one month in the year, then they moved it to the spring season and added ten days to it. Is this the nasī' referred to in the saying of Allah the Exalted:[At-Tawbah 9:37]?
Answer:
No, no. Yes, the Christians manipulated their acts of worship, including fasting. They altered them, moved them from one time to another, and added to and subtracted from them. This is part of their false distortions. As for the nasī', that was among the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), because Allah forbade fighting in four months: Dhul-Qa'dah, Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram, and Rajab. Fighting is not permissible in these four months.
After the sending of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)—indeed, they used to sanctify them in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance—but they manipulated them and moved them from these months to other months, following their desires and wishes:[At-Tawbah 9:37]. These are the sacred months. They altered them in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, so Islam came and invalidated that. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: The scholars have mentioned that the Christians used to fast for one month in the year, then they moved it to the spring season and added ten days to it. Is this the nasī' referred to in the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Indeed, the postponing [of restriction within sacred months] is an increase in disbelief
إِنَّمَا النَّسِيءُ زِيَادَةٌ فِي الْكُفْرِAnswer:
No, no. Yes, the Christians manipulated their acts of worship, including fasting. They altered them, moved them from one time to another, and added to and subtracted from them. This is part of their false distortions. As for the nasī', that was among the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), because Allah forbade fighting in four months: Dhul-Qa'dah, Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram, and Rajab. Fighting is not permissible in these four months.
After the sending of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)—indeed, they used to sanctify them in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance—but they manipulated them and moved them from these months to other months, following their desires and wishes:
Indeed, the postponing [of restriction within sacred months] is an increase in disbelief by which those who have disbelieved are led [further] astray. They make it lawful one year and unlawful another year
إِنَّمَا النَّسِيءُ زِيَادَةٌ فِي الْكُفْرِ يُضَلُّ بِهِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُحِلُّونَهُ عَامًا وَيُحَرِّمُونَهُ عَامًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/773] هل نَقلُ النصارى لصيامهم يُعتبر من النسيء المذكور في القرآن؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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