Is it permissible to fast on the Day of 'Arafah if it coincides with Friday?
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The questioner : It is permissible to fast... the day before it?
The Shaykh : If the standing at 'Arafah falls on a Friday, if you fast on Thursday, you fast, otherwise you do not. If you fast on Thursday before Friday and then follow it with fasting on Friday, that is permissible, otherwise it is not.
The questioner : I mentioned to you once...
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : Shaykh 'Umar al-Ashqar.
The Shaykh : Perhaps[Hud 11:118-119].
The questioner : He says it came incidentally, it came incidentally.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : And it is not specific to Friday; it came incidentally.
The Shaykh : And what does "came incidentally" mean?
The questioner : It means it happened incidentally, so you did not intend it.
The Shaykh : Understood, but the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) specified it when he said:Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 5:246 He said "incidentally or not incidentally." This is a confusion of the hadith; it is not permissible Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 5:246.
The questioner : And it is not for you.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : You did not intend to fast on Friday.
The Shaykh : I am not going to answer. May Allah bless you. I will say: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "You are an Arab man, and although you may not be counted among the people of knowledge."
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But when you hear your Arab Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say:Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah 5:246.
The questioner: Yes.
The ShaykhBulugh al-Maram 5:41 Do you understand that this means if you intended it, and if you did not intend it, the ruling differs, or is the hadith absolute: Bulugh al-Maram 5:41?
The Shaykh : If the standing at 'Arafah falls on a Friday, if you fast on Thursday, you fast, otherwise you do not. If you fast on Thursday before Friday and then follow it with fasting on Friday, that is permissible, otherwise it is not.
The questioner : I mentioned to you once...
The Shaykh : Who?
The questioner : Shaykh 'Umar al-Ashqar.
The Shaykh : Perhaps
but they will not cease to differ. (119) Except whom your Lord has given mercy
وَلَا يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ * إِلَّا مَنْ رَحِمَ رَبُّكَThe questioner : He says it came incidentally, it came incidentally.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : And it is not specific to Friday; it came incidentally.
The Shaykh : And what does "came incidentally" mean?
The questioner : It means it happened incidentally, so you did not intend it.
The Shaykh : Understood, but the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) specified it when he said:
Do not fast on Friday.
لا تصوموا يوم الجمعةDo not fast on Friday.
لا تصوموا يوم الجمعةThe questioner : And it is not for you.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : You did not intend to fast on Friday.
The Shaykh : I am not going to answer. May Allah bless you. I will say: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "You are an Arab man, and although you may not be counted among the people of knowledge."
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : But when you hear your Arab Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say:
Do not fast on Friday.
لا تصوموا يوم الجمعةThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh
the day before or the day after
إلا يومًا قبله أو يومًا بعدهNone of you should fast on Friday, unless he fasts together with the day before or the day after.
لا تصوموا يوم الجمعة ، إلا أن تصوموا يومًا قبله أو يومًا بعده
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