Continuation of the discussion on the ruling of fasting on Saturday if it coincides with the six days of Shawwal or the white days

The Shaykh : Now, a question may come from someone else: The day of the festival fell on a Monday; should we fast? We say, no. He asks, what is the evidence? We say, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade fasting on the day of the festival. He says, but Monday has a virtue. We say, yes, but there is a jurisprudential principle in the principles of jurisprudence that states, "When a prohibitor and a permitter conflict, the prohibitor is given precedence over the permitter." The prohibitor means the text forbidding the thing. A command conflicts between two texts, one encouraging the act and the other forbidding it. What does the Muslim do in this case? The scholars established jurisprudential principles so that the Muslim would be clear in his religion. They said, "When a prohibitor and a permitter conflict, the prohibitor is given precedence over the permitter." Here, fasting on Monday has its virtue, or fasting on Thursday, but this virtue is opposed by his (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibition against fasting on the day of the festival. If the day of the festival falls on a Monday or a Thursday, the prohibitor is given precedence over the permitter, so it is not fasted. Likewise, the answer is exactly the same: Saturday falls on one of the six days of Shawwal. What do we do? We pass it over, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade fasting on Saturday. But his prohibition against fasting on Saturday is stronger than his prohibition against fasting on the day of the festival. Why? Because after he forbade it, he said If the voluntary fast is excluded, he did not say this clarification regarding fasting on Monday during the festival, for example. He did not say, "Even if there is a virtue for this day, the prohibition takes precedence over the virtue." But regarding fasting on Saturday, it is a clear Arabic expression that does not accept discussion at all, except by opinion. He says, and this is the end of the answer. Now I remember something. Does the Muslim lose anything if he does not fast on Monday and it coincides with a day of virtue? This coincidence happens and has repeated many times in our lives. Saturday may coincide with the Day of Ashura, or Saturday may coincide with the Day of 'Arafah. What do we do? Apply the principle: the prohibitor is given precedence over the permitter. Do we lose anything? We do not lose anything; rather, we gain. Let us assume two men, each of whom was informed of this hadith Saturday coincided with the Day of Ashura. One of them fasted, knowing that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade it. The other did not fast. Which of them is better? You may think that the one who fasted is better. No, no, by Allah, the one who did not fast is better. Why? First, that one gave precedence to the permitter over the prohibitor, and this is contrary to the Shari'ah. The other gave precedence to the prohibitor over the permitter. That means the first one may have gained a virtue but did not gain it, yet he fell into a forbidden act. So the loss here is greater than the gain. As for the other, he gained, because he stayed away from disobeying the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but he gained even though he did not fast. He gained in a way you do not perceive. How? Why did this one who stopped at the Messenger's (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibition against fasting on Saturday, why did he not fast? Out of laziness, reluctance, or taking the virtue of fasting on Ashura, for example, or 'Arafah, lightly? The answer is no. He left it for Allah, because the Messenger of Allah forbade it. Listen now to what your Prophet says to you, so that you may remain on the right path with your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He says So you, O Muslim, did not fast on the Day of Ashura because it coincided with a Saturday. You did not fast on 'Arafah because it coincided with a Saturday. You left it. Why? For Allah. So this is far better than that one who fasted on this day and did not care about the prohibition of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) against fasting on Saturday.