Does fasting three days every month refer to the white days?
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Question:
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 2410Da'if (Darussalam), Question: Does the three days refer to the white days or any three days?
Answer:
The Shaykh: It is general, encompassing all the days, three days from every month, whether from the beginning, or the end, or the middle; because all the authentic hadiths do not mention the white days, they mention fasting three days, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) advised Abu Hurayrah and advised Abu al-Darda to fast three days from every month, and he did not say to them: the white days, and likewise he said to Abdullah ibn Amr:Sahih al-Bukhari 1976.
But if one fasts the white days, that is better, as came in the hadith of Abu Dharr: he fasts the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth, if one fasts the white days that is better, otherwise it suffices to fast from the month, whether from the beginning, or the middle, or the end, and praise be to Allah, whether scattered or gathered, whether he combines them and follows them or separates them.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever fasts three days of each month has fasted the month in full
مَن صام ثلاثة أيام من كل شهرٍ فقد صام الدهرَ كلهAnswer:
The Shaykh: It is general, encompassing all the days, three days from every month, whether from the beginning, or the end, or the middle; because all the authentic hadiths do not mention the white days, they mention fasting three days, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) advised Abu Hurayrah and advised Abu al-Darda to fast three days from every month, and he did not say to them: the white days, and likewise he said to Abdullah ibn Amr:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was informed that I had taken an oath to fast daily and to pray (every night) all the night throughout my life (so Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to me and asked whether it was correct): I replied, "Let my parents be sacrificed for you! I said so." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "You can not do that. So, fast for few days and give it up for few days, offer Salat (prayer) and sleep. Fast three days a month as the reward of good deeds is multiplied ten times and that will be equal to one year of fasting." The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, "Fast one day and give up fasting for two days." I replied, "I can do better than that." The Prophet (ﷺ) said to me, "Fast one day and give up fasting for a day and that is the fasting of Prophet David and that is the best fasting." I said, "I have the power to fast better (more) than that." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There is no better fasting than that."
صم من الشهر ثلاثة أيامBut if one fasts the white days, that is better, as came in the hadith of Abu Dharr: he fasts the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth, if one fasts the white days that is better, otherwise it suffices to fast from the month, whether from the beginning, or the middle, or the end, and praise be to Allah, whether scattered or gathered, whether he combines them and follows them or separates them.
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