If the Day of Ashura falls on a Friday, is it obligatory to fast on Thursday?
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The questioner : We said: Fasting on Thursday, the day of Tasu'a, if it is a Thursday, or the Day of Ashura, if it is a Friday, is here obligatory, so that Friday is not fasted alone?
The Shaykh : I did not understand!
The questioner : Fasting on the Day of Ashura, if it falls on a Friday, and here the Sunnah is to fast on the Day of Ashura, but the Sunnah is also not to single out Friday for fasting.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So here, is it obligatory to fast on Thursday?
The Shaykh: Yes.
The Shaykh : I did not understand!
The questioner : Fasting on the Day of Ashura, if it falls on a Friday, and here the Sunnah is to fast on the Day of Ashura, but the Sunnah is also not to single out Friday for fasting.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : So here, is it obligatory to fast on Thursday?
The Shaykh: Yes.
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