What is the ruling on fasting on a Saturday alone, whether as a make-up fast or a voluntary fast?
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Question:
With Allah's blessing, we begin this session with a message from the questioner, Umm Khalid. In her first question, she says: "Your Eminence! What is the ruling on fasting on a Saturday alone, whether as a make-up fast or a voluntary fast? May Allah reward you with good."
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance. As for what follows.
There is no harm in fasting on a Saturday alone, whether it is an obligatory fast or a voluntary one. Saturday, Sunday, or Monday, there is nothing wrong with any of them, except for Friday. It is not permissible to single it out for a voluntary fast. Friday specifically, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade singling it out for fasting. However, if one fasts it as part of a fast he is already observing, or as a make-up for an obligatory fast, or on the Day of 'Arafah, there is nothing wrong with that. But to single it out for fasting, that is not permissible. Friday specifically. As for Saturday, there is nothing wrong with fasting it voluntarily or as an obligation.
As for the hadith containing the prohibition of fasting on a Saturday, it is a confused hadith and is not authentic according to the meticulous scholars of knowledge. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
With Allah's blessing, we begin this session with a message from the questioner, Umm Khalid. In her first question, she says: "Your Eminence! What is the ruling on fasting on a Saturday alone, whether as a make-up fast or a voluntary fast? May Allah reward you with good."
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow his guidance. As for what follows.
There is no harm in fasting on a Saturday alone, whether it is an obligatory fast or a voluntary one. Saturday, Sunday, or Monday, there is nothing wrong with any of them, except for Friday. It is not permissible to single it out for a voluntary fast. Friday specifically, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade singling it out for fasting. However, if one fasts it as part of a fast he is already observing, or as a make-up for an obligatory fast, or on the Day of 'Arafah, there is nothing wrong with that. But to single it out for fasting, that is not permissible. Friday specifically. As for Saturday, there is nothing wrong with fasting it voluntarily or as an obligation.
As for the hadith containing the prohibition of fasting on a Saturday, it is a confused hadith and is not authentic according to the meticulous scholars of knowledge. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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