Why Did the Prophet Fast Mondays and Thursdays?
Voluntary Fasting and the Practice of Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays - Al-Wajeez Fi Fiqh al-Sunnah
Summary
This lecture discusses the topic of voluntary fasting (Sawm al-Tatawwu') from the book "Al-Wajeez fi Fiqh al-Sunnah" (The Concise in the Jurisprudence of the Sunnah). The speaker explains the Prophet Muhammad's fasting practices, particularly his extensive fasting during the month of Sha'ban, citing the hadith of Aisha recorded in Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. The lecture emphasizes that the believer should take advantage of periods of spiritual enthusiasm for good deeds while maintaining a minimum standard during less motivated periods. The speaker then addresses the specific practice of fasting on Mondays and Thursdays, citing a hadith from Sunan Abu Dawud, explaining that the Prophet fasted regularly on these two days because the deeds of servants are presented to Allah on these days.
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الحمد لله والصلاه الصلاه والسلام على رسول الله واشهد ان لا اله الا الله واشهد ان محمدا عبده ورسوله اللهم اللهم صل وسلم وبارك على نبينا محمد وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين اما بعد كونتين ان الوجيز في فقه السنه والكتاب العزيز صيام التطوع صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول المؤلف صيام اكثر شعبان صلى الله عليه وسلم شعبان 8 رمضان عائشه رضي الله عنها بخاري مسلم ما رايت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم استكمل صيام شهر قط الا شهر رمضان وما رايته في شهر اكثر منه صياما في شعبان عائشه الله صلى الله عليه said and I have not seen him fast more in any other month the month ofان so he would never fast an entire month from start to finish any ضانceptان however are some would more of the prop صلى الله عليه وسلم fast the fast that is most well for that would always keep as and we all know that right so these narrations areing to add to that would always if nothing else fasts and thursdays but however he would also fast additional days and he would choose and he was very judious in add comm and صلى الله عليه وسلم.
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النفس لها اقبال وادبار في الخير لها اقبال بال وادبر فالمؤمن يغتنم اقبالها بالخيرات و يحجم ادبارها لما تدبر النفس خلص يجعل لها سنه لا تنقطع عنه عنها واما اذا اقبلت وكانت في اقبالها وهبوب رياحها فانه يغتنم تلك الرياح ذا how going to be next month after you're not going to be able to pr if you are going to be more enthusiastic today than tomorrow or this week next week it's not something you can there are a lot of different things that play which go into a person's enthusiasm or lack there and of the person human being ne has its up days and and down days has good day bad day has its days when it is extremely enthusiastic and has its days when it is barely making the bare minimum and so what the believer's job is to do is to gauge himself and place for himself a minimum that in its wor day his ne will not and come this prop would always days was morey more ener moree more more and so would always himself things could do during this time now there is another narration that we will get to with to not f point that the propit 15.
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Whatever day of the week or month or every other day or what have you narration does not apply to that this narration applies يقول المؤلف الاثنين والخميس صلى الله عليه وسلم Thursdays and this is what would صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول عن اسامه بن زيد قال ان نبي الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يصوم يوم الاثنين والخميس وسئل عن ذلك يعني سئل عن تعليل ذلك لماذا فقال ان اعمال العباد تعرض يوم الاثنين والخميس والحديث عند ابي داوود في سننه and th would and.
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كان يصوم كان كان هذا فعل ماضي يدل على الاستمرار عند الاصوليين وايضا كان وفعل المضارع كان يفعل هذا يدل على الاستمرار فياخذ من هذا العلماء ان قول اسامه كان يصوم يوم الاثنين والخميس يعني على الدوام دائما كل حياته الا ان يعرض عارط من مرض او سفر او ما شابه ذلك اسامه زيد صلى الله عليه وسلم Thursday and was asked about this he was asked as to the reason for this why these two days why not Tuesday and Friday why not Tuesday and Wednesday why Monday صلى الله عليه وسلم present of the week right twice a week so 3 days later thday and so a person are presented before on Thursdays الله ang.
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him was time right and so a person why twice a week we have two angels that right our good and bad deeds but those two angels have two other angel one for the and and time they happ to all be present because the two for day time descend as the two for night time prepare to and they all stay for the prayer which is why the longest recitation in in من صلاه الفريضه فجر قران الفجر الله سبحانه وتعالى one of these days present صلى الله عليه وسلم الله سبحانه وتالى نسال الله سبحانه وتعالى بمنه وكرمه وجوده ان يعلمنا ما ينفعنا وان ينفعنا بما علمنا وان يزيدنا علما والله اعلم وصلى الله وسلم على نبينا محمد.