Clarification of the arguments of those who permit fasting on Saturday and the Shaykh’s discussion of them?
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The questioner : A scholar among the scholars who said that it is permissible to fast on Saturday alone, outside of the obligatory fasts, is correct. They said that if it is not done alone, is there anyone 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 conflicting even in their opinions, and the final result is that they saw fasting on Saturday because there is a hadith that he used to fast one day and break the fast one day, which is evidence for the permissibility of fasting on Saturday alone in their view, in the view of whom? So, they originally agreed that it is permissible when not done alone. So, this is all a conflict between those who saw the permissibility of fasting on Saturday, and the same evidence strikes them, because they say it is permissible when not done alone. Is it permissible to take it absolutely? I mean, did it really become permissible to take this hadith, the fasting of Dawud (peace be upon him), absolutely? In it, there is a text regarding fasting on Friday alone. And they do not say it because there is another text; they say in another text that prevents this. And this is also, meaning, perhaps it can be understood from it that it is permissible to fast on Saturday alone if we take it by its causes, like this, without fiqh 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 and breaks the fast one day, although this does not exist today; the intended meaning is argumentation.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Do you see, who is this one who is fasting today and breaking the fast one day following the pattern of the fasting of Dawud (peace be upon him)? No one. But suppose that someone is really 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 the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited it.
The Shaykh : Okay, and we say no.
The questioner : Yes, this is ...
The Shaykh : ... but the people ... .
Another questioner: Our Shaykh, how did our Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) conclude the issue with permissibility, as far as you know?
Another questioner: Weakening the hadith.
The questioner : He said the hadith is disturbedSunan Ibn Majah 1726Hasan (Darussalam)
The Shaykh : I do not think Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned this.
The Shaykh : ... .
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 conflicting even in their opinions, and the final result is that they saw fasting on Saturday because there is a hadith that he used to fast one day and break the fast one day, which is evidence for the permissibility of fasting on Saturday alone in their view, in the view of whom? So, they originally agreed that it is permissible when not done alone. So, this is all a conflict between those who saw the permissibility of fasting on Saturday, and the same evidence strikes them, because they say it is permissible when not done alone. Is it permissible to take it absolutely? I mean, did it really become permissible to take this hadith, the fasting of Dawud (peace be upon him), absolutely? In it, there is a text regarding fasting on Friday alone. And they do not say it because there is another text; they say in another text that prevents this. And this is also, meaning, perhaps it can be understood from it that it is permissible to fast on Saturday alone if we take it by its causes, like this, without fiqh 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 and breaks the fast one day, although this does not exist today; the intended meaning is argumentation.
The questioner : Yes, exactly.
The Shaykh : Do you see, who is this one who is fasting today and breaking the fast one day following the pattern of the fasting of Dawud (peace be upon him)? No one. But suppose that someone is really 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 the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited it.
The Shaykh : Okay, and we say no.
The questioner : Yes, this is ...
The Shaykh : ... but the people ... .
Another questioner: Our Shaykh, how did our Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) conclude the issue with permissibility, as far as you know?
Another questioner: Weakening the hadith.
The questioner : He said the hadith is disturbed
Do not fast on Saturdays
لا تصوموا يوم السبتThe Shaykh : I do not think Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned this.
The Shaykh : ... .