What is the ruling on fasting on Friday alone if it coincides with the Day of 'Arafah?
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The questioner : The reality is that there are two questions here. The first is about fasting on Friday, which coincides with the Day of 'Arafah.
The Shaykh : It is necessary to combine Thursday with Friday.
The questioner : Well, how do you understand the hadith in "Muslim"? And for example, I have been accustomed to fasting on the Day of 'Arafah.
The Shaykh : And other narrations came,Sahih al-Bukhari 1985.
The questioner : How do you understand the exception?
The Shaykh : The hadith explains itself, or parts of it explain each other. The hadith in "Sahih Muslim" that you mentioned is from the narration of Abu Hurayrah, then other authentic wordings came, which al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar himself mentioned, and they areBulugh al-Maram 5:41. This is an explanation of the narration you are mentioning. It is not permissible to interpret it, or to take from the first narration a meaning broader than what clarified this meaning in the other narrations from Abu Hurayrah on one hand, and from other than Abu Hurayrah on the other hand. Added to this, a narration came in "Sahih al-Bukhari": Do you know this narration?
The questioner : I read it in Ibn Hajar, but the issue is that the coincidence is if it is a day before it.
The Shaykh : Do not repeat the speech. Did you read this narration?
The questioner : I read it.
The Shaykh : So, a Friday will come to you, the Day of 'Arafah. Did you fast on Friday alone or not?
The questioner : If you fasted it alone, then taking...
The Shaykh : Do not argue. Do not say "if you fasted it alone," because it will be either fasting alone or not fasting alone. So I am telling you, a Friday will come to you, and you fasted it alone. Is it true that you fasted it alone?
The questioner : It is true.
The Shaykh : So how do we fast this day alone? You are influenced by the first hadith.
The questioner : How do I understand the exception?
The Shaykh : My brother, I answered you, may Allah reward you. You understand it by the other narration that explains the first one:Bulugh al-Maram 5:41. You understand it by the third narration I mentioned, which stated that he prohibited fasting on Friday alone. If this narration had not been there, then the narration would be: Bulugh al-Maram 5:41 And in another wording:
The questioner : The same question.
The Shaykh : The same answer.
The Shaykh : It is necessary to combine Thursday with Friday.
The questioner : Well, how do you understand the hadith in "Muslim"?
Unless one of you fasts
إلا أن يوافق صوم أحدكمThe Shaykh : And other narrations came,
unless he fasts a day before or after it
إلا يوما قبله أو بعدهThe questioner : How do you understand the exception?
The Shaykh : The hadith explains itself, or parts of it explain each other. The hadith in "Sahih Muslim" that you mentioned is from the narration of Abu Hurayrah, then other authentic wordings came, which al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar himself mentioned, and they are
unless he fasts together with the day before or the day after
إلا أن يصوم يوما قبله أو يوما بعدهHe prohibited fasting on Friday alone
نهى عن إفراد يوم الجمعة بالصومThe questioner : I read it in Ibn Hajar, but the issue is that the coincidence is if it is a day before it.
The Shaykh : Do not repeat the speech. Did you read this narration?
The questioner : I read it.
The Shaykh : So, a Friday will come to you, the Day of 'Arafah. Did you fast on Friday alone or not?
The questioner : If you fasted it alone, then taking...
The Shaykh : Do not argue. Do not say "if you fasted it alone," because it will be either fasting alone or not fasting alone. So I am telling you, a Friday will come to you, and you fasted it alone. Is it true that you fasted it alone?
The questioner : It is true.
The Shaykh : So how do we fast this day alone? You are influenced by the first hadith.
The questioner : How do I understand the exception?
The Shaykh : My brother, I answered you, may Allah reward you. You understand it by the other narration that explains the first one:
the day before or the day after
إلا يوما قبله أو يوما بعدهthe day before or the day after
إلا يوما قبله أو يوما بعدهExcept in a fast that he fasts
إلا في صيام يصومهThe questioner : The same question.
The Shaykh : The same answer.
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