What is the ruling on fasting on Saturday outside of Ramadan?
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The questioner : Fasting on Saturday outside of Ramadan.
The Shaykh : There is.
The questioner : Outside of Ramadan.
The Shaykh : What we have spoken about repeatedly and over and over.
The student : Yes, meaning we wish to.
The Shaykh : Following the hadith.
The questioner : Yes, a day before it and a day after it.
The Shaykh : The hadith is authentic:Sunan Ibn Majah 1726Hasan (Darussalam).
The questioner : Except in what is obligatory.
The Shaykh : So you are asking now about what is obligatory, not about what is not.
The questioner : In the voluntary.
The Shaykh : In the voluntary.
The questioner : In the voluntary.
The Shaykh : We have said more than once that fasting on Monday and fasting on Thursday, is it not prescribed?!
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : If it coincides with a festival day, it is fasted.
The student : It is not fasted.
The Shaykh : Why?
The student : Because of the prohibition.
The Shaykh : Likewise, if it coincides with the day of Ashura or the day of 'Arafah, it is not fasted because it is prohibited to fast on it except in the obligatory.
The student : Except in the obligatory. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : There is.
The questioner : Outside of Ramadan.
The Shaykh : What we have spoken about repeatedly and over and over.
The student : Yes, meaning we wish to.
The Shaykh : Following the hadith.
The questioner : Yes, a day before it and a day after it.
The Shaykh : The hadith is authentic:
apart from days when you are obliged to fast
إلا فيما افترض عليكمThe questioner : Except in what is obligatory.
The Shaykh : So you are asking now about what is obligatory, not about what is not.
The questioner : In the voluntary.
The Shaykh : In the voluntary.
The questioner : In the voluntary.
The Shaykh : We have said more than once that fasting on Monday and fasting on Thursday, is it not prescribed?!
The student: Yes.
The Shaykh : If it coincides with a festival day, it is fasted.
The student : It is not fasted.
The Shaykh : Why?
The student : Because of the prohibition.
The Shaykh : Likewise, if it coincides with the day of Ashura or the day of 'Arafah, it is not fasted because it is prohibited to fast on it except in the obligatory.
The student : Except in the obligatory. May Allah reward you with good.
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