Clarification of the arguments of those who permit fasting on Saturday and their discussion
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The questioner : Some scholars have said that it is permissible to fast on Saturday alone, outside of obligatory fasts. I mean, they said: if it is not done alone. But is there any among them who said: it is permissible to do it alone?
The Shaykh: Of course.
The questioner: I mean, I.
The Shaykh : Our Shaykh said that; our Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah.
The questioner : Yes - may Allah have mercy on him. This supports the statement of the one who said that they were at odds with each other, even in their opinions. And the final outcome is that they saw fasting on Saturday; because there is a hadith that he used to fast one day and break the fast the next day, which is evidence for the permissibility of fasting on Saturday alone in their view; I mean, in the view of whom? So, they originally agreed that it is permissible when not done alone. So, all of this is a conflict between those who saw the permissibility of fasting on Saturday, and the same evidence strikes them; because they say: when not done alone. Is it permissible to take it absolutely? I mean, did it actually become permissible to take this hadith of David's fasting absolutely? In it, there is a text regarding fasting on Friday alone. They do not say so because there is another text that says: in another text, I mean, it prevents this. And this also, I mean, perhaps it can be understood from it as well, the permissibility of fasting on Saturday alone, if we take it based on the causes like this, without jurisprudence and without such things. What is your opinion of this statement?
The Shaykh : My opinion is that people are in heedlessness; one fasts one day, breaks the fast the next day; this, even though it does not exist today, the intention in it is argumentation.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Do you see? Who is this one who is fasting one day and breaking the fast the next day in the manner of David's fasting - peace be upon him -? No one. But suppose that someone actually is fasting, and his day of fasting is the day of the festival. Here, "the Shaykh's donkey stops at the obstacle"; does he fast?
The questioner : By Allah, I will not fast - my Shaykh - of course.
The Shaykh : Why will he not fast?
The questioner : Because he says that he - may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him - prohibited it.
The Shaykh : Okay; here we say: he prohibited it.
The questioner : Yes, this is evidence.
The Shaykh : ... but people are in heedlessness.
The Shaykh: Of course.
The questioner: I mean, I.
The Shaykh : Our Shaykh said that; our Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah.
The questioner : Yes - may Allah have mercy on him. This supports the statement of the one who said that they were at odds with each other, even in their opinions. And the final outcome is that they saw fasting on Saturday; because there is a hadith that he used to fast one day and break the fast the next day, which is evidence for the permissibility of fasting on Saturday alone in their view; I mean, in the view of whom? So, they originally agreed that it is permissible when not done alone. So, all of this is a conflict between those who saw the permissibility of fasting on Saturday, and the same evidence strikes them; because they say: when not done alone. Is it permissible to take it absolutely? I mean, did it actually become permissible to take this hadith of David's fasting absolutely? In it, there is a text regarding fasting on Friday alone. They do not say so because there is another text that says: in another text, I mean, it prevents this. And this also, I mean, perhaps it can be understood from it as well, the permissibility of fasting on Saturday alone, if we take it based on the causes like this, without jurisprudence and without such things. What is your opinion of this statement?
The Shaykh : My opinion is that people are in heedlessness; one fasts one day, breaks the fast the next day; this, even though it does not exist today, the intention in it is argumentation.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Do you see? Who is this one who is fasting one day and breaking the fast the next day in the manner of David's fasting - peace be upon him -? No one. But suppose that someone actually is fasting, and his day of fasting is the day of the festival. Here, "the Shaykh's donkey stops at the obstacle"; does he fast?
The questioner : By Allah, I will not fast - my Shaykh - of course.
The Shaykh : Why will he not fast?
The questioner : Because he says that he - may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him - prohibited it.
The Shaykh : Okay; here we say: he prohibited it.
The questioner : Yes, this is evidence.
The Shaykh : ... but people are in heedlessness.
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