If one’s habit is to fast one day and break the fast the next, and his fast falls on a Friday, what should he do?
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The Shaykh : By fax?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Where are you from?
The questioner : From here.
Another questioner : O Shaykh, O Shaykh, the car!
The Shaykh : I am telling you by fax, you say: Yes, I handed it to you by hand here?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Hmm, I don’t remember, what is in it?
The questioner : It has questions.
The Shaykh : I don’t remember.
The questioner : Shaykh, fasting one day and breaking the fast the next sometimes falls on a Friday. Do we fast on Friday?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : We do not fast on it.
The Shaykh : It is not fasted unless it is accompanied by Thursday. So if one’s habit, for example, is to fast one day and break the fast the next, and his fast was on Wednesday, and the day after Thursday is Friday, then if he wants to fast on Friday in order to apply the rule he is following, which is to fast one day and break the fast the next, he must fast two days, Wednesday and Thursday.
The questioner : And he completes Friday?
The Shaykh : If he wishes, yes?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: Where are you from?
The questioner : From here.
Another questioner : O Shaykh, O Shaykh, the car!
The Shaykh : I am telling you by fax, you say: Yes, I handed it to you by hand here?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Hmm, I don’t remember, what is in it?
The questioner : It has questions.
The Shaykh : I don’t remember.
The questioner : Shaykh, fasting one day and breaking the fast the next sometimes falls on a Friday. Do we fast on Friday?
The Shaykh: No.
The questioner : We do not fast on it.
The Shaykh : It is not fasted unless it is accompanied by Thursday. So if one’s habit, for example, is to fast one day and break the fast the next, and his fast was on Wednesday, and the day after Thursday is Friday, then if he wants to fast on Friday in order to apply the rule he is following, which is to fast one day and break the fast the next, he must fast two days, Wednesday and Thursday.
The questioner : And he completes Friday?
The Shaykh : If he wishes, yes?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
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