What is your opinion regarding Ibn Taymiyyah's statement about the hadith, "Do not fast on the day of Saturday..."
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The questioner : Disturbed. He said it is disturbed. Sunan Ibn Majah 1726Hasan (Darussalam)
The Shaykh : Ibn Taymiyyah, I do not think he mentioned this.
The questioner : I feel as though I read in *Subul al-Salam* a transmission of the statement of the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah that he said it is disturbed.
The Shaykh : No, it is...
The questioner : Disturbed means in the chain of narration, not in the text.
Another questioner: ...
The Shaykh : As for the issue of disturbance, it is transmitted from al-Nasa'i. Malik says it is a lie, al-Nasa'i says it is disturbed, Abu Dawud says it is abrogated, and the others say it is interpreted, and the narrator of the hadith says, "It is neither for you nor against you"
The questioner : But in some... there is no indication of his saying, peace and blessings be upon him, No... that this means, in terms of chronology, it came later, and that the previous hadiths, from which one can deduce that it was on the day of Saturday, were before it, such that it is as if the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was addressing those who were fasting, so from Sunan Ibn Majah 1726Hasan (Darussalam) if, such that it was previous, if he fasted, and the prohibition here came, meaning it came later, i.e., this hadith came later, is there not this meaning?
The Shaykh : We hope that the matter is so, but it is not that clear.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because if someone contradicted you and said, "He prohibited it, then he permitted it," what do we answer him?
The questioner : He prohibited it, then he permitted it.
The Shaykh : Ah, in the hadith...
The questioner : We have no evidence, yes.
The Shaykh : So it is... like its counterparts.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : If someone said to us, "This came as an abrogation of the prohibition?" How do we answer him?
The questioner : Regarding the issue of, meaning, fasting on Saturday and the hadith...
The Shaykh : No... answer the question.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Do not say, "Regarding the hadith, and I do not know what," etc. This entire issue is fixed in your mind and my mind, but direct your mind to answering the question.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : In the fewest words, ... like this, what do we say?
The questioner : No, do not specify what, we have nothing that indicates that there was something before or like that, but rather...
The Shaykh : What does "permitted" mean?
The questioner : Yes, the answer is after what, or perhaps my Shaykh said...
Do not fast on Saturdays
لا تصوموا يوم السبتThe Shaykh : Ibn Taymiyyah, I do not think he mentioned this.
The questioner : I feel as though I read in *Subul al-Salam* a transmission of the statement of the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah that he said it is disturbed.
The Shaykh : No, it is...
The questioner : Disturbed means in the chain of narration, not in the text.
Another questioner: ...
The Shaykh : As for the issue of disturbance, it is transmitted from al-Nasa'i. Malik says it is a lie, al-Nasa'i says it is disturbed, Abu Dawud says it is abrogated, and the others say it is interpreted, and the narrator of the hadith says, "It is neither for you nor against you"
The questioner : But in some... there is no indication of his saying, peace and blessings be upon him,
Do not fast on the day of Saturday except in what is obligatory upon you. So whoever does not find anything except the bark of a tree or a vine stick, let him break his fast with it.
لا تصوموا يوم السبت إلا فيما افترض عليكم فمن لم يجد إلا لحاء شجرة أو عود كرم فليفطر عليهDo not fast on Saturdays apart from days when you are obliged to fast. If anyone of you
لا تصوموا يوم السبت إلا فيما افترض عليكم فمن لم يجد ...The Shaykh : We hope that the matter is so, but it is not that clear.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because if someone contradicted you and said, "He prohibited it, then he permitted it," what do we answer him?
The questioner : He prohibited it, then he permitted it.
The Shaykh : Ah, in the hadith...
The questioner : We have no evidence, yes.
The Shaykh : So it is... like its counterparts.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh :
Do not single out the day of Friday for fasting except for a day before it and a day after it.
لا تختصوا يوم الجمعة بصيام إلا يوما قبله ويوما بعدهThe questioner : Regarding the issue of, meaning, fasting on Saturday and the hadith...
The Shaykh : No... answer the question.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Do not say, "Regarding the hadith, and I do not know what," etc. This entire issue is fixed in your mind and my mind, but direct your mind to answering the question.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : In the fewest words, ... like this, what do we say?
The questioner : No, do not specify what, we have nothing that indicates that there was something before or like that, but rather...
The Shaykh : What does "permitted" mean?
The questioner : Yes, the answer is after what, or perhaps my Shaykh said...