Did you weaken, O Shaykh, the hadith of his fasting (peace and blessings be upon him) on Saturday and Sunday?
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The questioner : ... He fasted more on Saturdays and Sundays, I do not know, and it seems to me that I heard you weaken it, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : In the *Silsilah al-Da'ifah* (Chain of Weak Hadiths)?
The Shaykh : That is what is in my mind.
The questioner : Yes, meaning with this, the arguments of those who say one should fast on Saturday are actually invalidated, and it is not accepted except as a derivation, and there is an objection to the derivation that the hadith of fasting the day before it means that the most deserving of fasting was the fasting of Dawud, and also the issue of...
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : And also fasting on Friday alone, meaning this, of course, has refutations against it.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : In the *Silsilah al-Da'ifah* (Chain of Weak Hadiths)?
The Shaykh : That is what is in my mind.
The questioner : Yes, meaning with this, the arguments of those who say one should fast on Saturday are actually invalidated, and it is not accepted except as a derivation, and there is an objection to the derivation that the hadith of fasting the day before it means that the most deserving of fasting was the fasting of Dawud, and also the issue of...
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : And also fasting on Friday alone, meaning this, of course, has refutations against it.