The ruling on fasting one day and breaking the fast one day in the ten days of Dhul Hijjah
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The questioner : What is the ruling on one who fasts one day and breaks the fast one day in the ten days of Dhul Hijjah?
The Shaykh : Those are these people. Okay, this will be the last question. Yes.
The questioner : We distribute to Yaqub, or not? What is the ruling on one who fasts one day and breaks the fast one day in the ten days of Dhul Hijjah, or fasts only the seventh, eighth, and ninth days and intends them to be the three days of the month? And is it obligatory for one who fasted one of them to fast all of them, as some of the common people circulate this?
The Shaykh : Yes, if one fasts one day and breaks the fast one day in the ten days of Dhul Hijjah, not believing it to be a recommended practice, then there is nothing wrong with it, because a person may have work and wants to break his fast between his fasts to be energetic for his work. But if he adopts that as a recommended practice, then it is not permissible, because nothing has come from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) except fasting them completely. And if he fasts the last of the nine days, which are the seventh, eighth, and ninth, with the intention that they are for the three days of every month, then this is also fine. But if he fasts them with the intention that the common people mention, which is fasting the three days of Hajj, then this has no basis. And nothing has come regarding the fasting of the ten days of Dhul Hijjah except fasting all of them or fasting the Day of 'Arafah. As for specifying three days as they call them the three days of Dhul Hijjah, this has no basis. So specifying three days, if a person specified them in order to make them for the three days of every month, then there is nothing wrong with it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not mind fasting the three days of every month from the beginning of the month, the middle, or the end. But believing that the seventh, eighth, and ninth of this month are recommended to be fasted, this has no basis.
The questioner : The rest of the question says: Does one who fasted one day have to fast the rest, as the common people circulate?
The Shaykh : No. And as for one who fasted them in one of the years, he is not required to fast them in the future, because every voluntary act that a person does at a time, he is not required to do it at all times, because it is voluntary; if he wishes, he does it, and if he wishes, he leaves it. But a person should, when he does a deed, establish it and continue with it.
The questioner : Is it obligatory for one who fasted one day of the ten to fast all of them?
The Shaykh : No. He says: Is it obligatory for one who fasted one day of the ten to fast all of them? We say no, it is not obligatory. One who fasted one day and left the rest has done nothing wrong, because it is voluntary fasting, and as I said, it is permissible for a person to continue with it or to stop it, because it is not obligatory. Exactly. And now we make this the last question that had an answer, and we have useful messages regarding Hajj that we will distribute.
The Shaykh : Those are these people. Okay, this will be the last question. Yes.
The questioner : We distribute to Yaqub, or not? What is the ruling on one who fasts one day and breaks the fast one day in the ten days of Dhul Hijjah, or fasts only the seventh, eighth, and ninth days and intends them to be the three days of the month? And is it obligatory for one who fasted one of them to fast all of them, as some of the common people circulate this?
The Shaykh : Yes, if one fasts one day and breaks the fast one day in the ten days of Dhul Hijjah, not believing it to be a recommended practice, then there is nothing wrong with it, because a person may have work and wants to break his fast between his fasts to be energetic for his work. But if he adopts that as a recommended practice, then it is not permissible, because nothing has come from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) except fasting them completely. And if he fasts the last of the nine days, which are the seventh, eighth, and ninth, with the intention that they are for the three days of every month, then this is also fine. But if he fasts them with the intention that the common people mention, which is fasting the three days of Hajj, then this has no basis. And nothing has come regarding the fasting of the ten days of Dhul Hijjah except fasting all of them or fasting the Day of 'Arafah. As for specifying three days as they call them the three days of Dhul Hijjah, this has no basis. So specifying three days, if a person specified them in order to make them for the three days of every month, then there is nothing wrong with it, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not mind fasting the three days of every month from the beginning of the month, the middle, or the end. But believing that the seventh, eighth, and ninth of this month are recommended to be fasted, this has no basis.
The questioner : The rest of the question says: Does one who fasted one day have to fast the rest, as the common people circulate?
The Shaykh : No. And as for one who fasted them in one of the years, he is not required to fast them in the future, because every voluntary act that a person does at a time, he is not required to do it at all times, because it is voluntary; if he wishes, he does it, and if he wishes, he leaves it. But a person should, when he does a deed, establish it and continue with it.
The questioner : Is it obligatory for one who fasted one day of the ten to fast all of them?
The Shaykh : No. He says: Is it obligatory for one who fasted one day of the ten to fast all of them? We say no, it is not obligatory. One who fasted one day and left the rest has done nothing wrong, because it is voluntary fasting, and as I said, it is permissible for a person to continue with it or to stop it, because it is not obligatory. Exactly. And now we make this the last question that had an answer, and we have useful messages regarding Hajj that we will distribute.
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