Reading from the author's text with commentary and collation of manuscripts: "Chapter: As for Nowruz, Mihraj, and the like of the festivals of the polytheists
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The reader: "Chapter: As for Nowruz, Mihraj, and the like of the festivals of the polytheists, whoever among the Companions and others did not dislike fasting on Saturday, may not dislike fasting on that day; rather, he may even find it recommended for the sake of opposing them. Most of the Companions disliked fasting on these two days
And Ahmad said, in a narration from Abdullah: Waki' narrated to us from Sufyan, from a man, from Anas and al-Hasan, that they disliked fasting on the day of Nowruz and Mihraj. He said: My father is Aban ibn Abi 'Iyash"
The Shaykh : ... He said: My father, do you have this, O Usamah?
The student: He said: My father
The Shaykh : Here, and he said
The student: He said: My father
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: He said: My father is Aban
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: In my copy, it says in the marginal note number eight: "In the bā and dāl, and 'my father' was dropped from the tā'"
The Shaykh : Meaning, in my copy, 'my father' is dropped, but in his it is present
The reader: Then he said: "In the printed edition, it is Aban ibn 'Iyash, and the correct is what I have inserted"
The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: "He said: My father is Aban ibn Abi 'Iyash, meaning the man. The Companions differed on whether such a statement indicates his madhhab (school of jurisprudence), with two views. They reasoned that these are two days that the disbelievers hold in high esteem, so singling them out for fasting while not doing so for others would be agreeing with them in their exaltation of these days, and thus it is disliked, just like Saturday
Imam Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi said: By analogy to this, every festival of the disbelievers, or a day they single out for exaltation, is included. It may be said that fasting on the day of Nowruz, Mihraj, and the like of days not known by the Arab calendar is disliked. This is different from what came in the hadith regarding Saturday and Sunday, because if one intends to fast on such non-Arab or pre-Islamic days, it becomes a means to establishing the symbols of these days, reviving their status, and displaying their state. This is different from Saturday and Sunday, which are part of the Muslim calendar, so there is no harm in fasting on them. Thus, the recommendation to fast on their festivals known by the Arab Islamic calendar, along with the dislike of fasting on festivals known by the pre-Islamic non-Arab calendar, serves to reconcile the narrations. And Allah knows best"
The Shaykh : This is a second basis regarding Nowruz and Mihraj: that fasting on them revives these two festivals and their polytheistic and shirk-based names. This indicates that it is disliked to revive these matters originating from the disbelievers, lest they become widespread among the Muslims and they exalt them as the disbelievers do. Yes. Chapter
And Ahmad said, in a narration from Abdullah: Waki' narrated to us from Sufyan, from a man, from Anas and al-Hasan, that they disliked fasting on the day of Nowruz and Mihraj. He said: My father is Aban ibn Abi 'Iyash"
The Shaykh : ... He said: My father, do you have this, O Usamah?
The student: He said: My father
The Shaykh : Here, and he said
The student: He said: My father
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: He said: My father is Aban
The Shaykh : Yes.
The reader: In my copy, it says in the marginal note number eight: "In the bā and dāl, and 'my father' was dropped from the tā'"
The Shaykh : Meaning, in my copy, 'my father' is dropped, but in his it is present
The reader: Then he said: "In the printed edition, it is Aban ibn 'Iyash, and the correct is what I have inserted"
The Shaykh : Yes
The reader: "He said: My father is Aban ibn Abi 'Iyash, meaning the man. The Companions differed on whether such a statement indicates his madhhab (school of jurisprudence), with two views. They reasoned that these are two days that the disbelievers hold in high esteem, so singling them out for fasting while not doing so for others would be agreeing with them in their exaltation of these days, and thus it is disliked, just like Saturday
Imam Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi said: By analogy to this, every festival of the disbelievers, or a day they single out for exaltation, is included. It may be said that fasting on the day of Nowruz, Mihraj, and the like of days not known by the Arab calendar is disliked. This is different from what came in the hadith regarding Saturday and Sunday, because if one intends to fast on such non-Arab or pre-Islamic days, it becomes a means to establishing the symbols of these days, reviving their status, and displaying their state. This is different from Saturday and Sunday, which are part of the Muslim calendar, so there is no harm in fasting on them. Thus, the recommendation to fast on their festivals known by the Arab Islamic calendar, along with the dislike of fasting on festivals known by the pre-Islamic non-Arab calendar, serves to reconcile the narrations. And Allah knows best"
The Shaykh : This is a second basis regarding Nowruz and Mihraj: that fasting on them revives these two festivals and their polytheistic and shirk-based names. This indicates that it is disliked to revive these matters originating from the disbelievers, lest they become widespread among the Muslims and they exalt them as the disbelievers do. Yes. Chapter