The Shaykh’s explanation of an important rule for the student of knowledge, which is: The student of knowledge should keep in mind that everything that is prohibited was permissible before the prohibition.

The Shaykh : I will mention something, and that is that every student of knowledge must remember the meaning I mentioned: Every text from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that contains a prohibition of something, one should keep in mind that what is prohibited in this text was permissible before. It was permissible before. And what is the meaning of the prohibition?! So, whether we find a text stating that what was prohibited was done in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) by him or by someone else, or we do not find such a text, the mere arrival of the text prohibiting this action makes us feel that it was done before, and therefore the Lawgiver prohibited it. The only exception to this is what is known from the religion by necessity to be forbidden in all divine laws, such as shirk (associating partners with Allah), zina (unlawful sexual intercourse), and the like. The point is, now meaning: Saturday used to be fasted, so the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited it, and then he specified, yes?

The questioner : Yes, my Shaykh.

The Shaykh : He specified and clarified that there is no basis for fasting on Saturday except for what is obligatory upon you. Therefore: The claim that the hadith regarding Saturday is abrogated is weaker than the claim that this hadith is a lie.