The value of fasting on Mondays, Thursdays and three "white days"

The value of fasting on 

Mondays, Thursdays & three "white days"

Merit of fasting
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (ALLAH be pleased with him) 

reported ALLAH's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: 

He who observes fast for a day in the way of ALLAH

 He would remove his face from the Hell to the extent of seventy years' distance

[Sahih Muslim No. 2572]

 

Fasting on mondays and thursdays


It was a practice of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) 

to fast on Mondays and Thursdays.

 

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Aa’isha, radhiallaahu `anhaa, narrated:

 "The Messenger of ALLAH, sallAllahu `alayhi wa sallam, 

used to fast Mondays and Thursdays".

 [an-Nasaa'ee, Saheeh]

• 

Abu Hurairah reported that the most

 the Prophet, sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam, would fast would be Monday and Thursday. 

He was asked about that and he said:

 "The deeds of people are presented to ALLAH on every Monday and Thursday. 

ALLAH forgives every Muslim except for those who are deserting each other. 

He says: "leave them for later."

 [Ahmad; Hasan]

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 Abu Qatada Ansari (ALLAH be pleased with him) reported

 that ALLAH's Massenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) 

was asked about fasting on Monday, whereupon he said: 

It is (the day) when I was born and revelation was sent down to me. 

Muslim No. 2606

Fasting the white days

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'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As reported said that

 the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 

"Fasting three days every month is equivalent to fasting continuously."

 [Agreed upon] 

 

 

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Mu'adha al-'Adawiyya asked 'A'isha , 

"Did the Messenger of Allah fast three days of every month?" 

She said, "Yes." 

"I said, 'What part of the month did he fast?'

 She said, 'He did not care what part of the month he fasted.'"

 [Muslim]

 

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Abu Dharr reported that

 the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 

"If you fast three days of the month, then fast the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth."

 [at-Tirmidhi]

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Ibn 'Abbas said, 

"The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, 

did not fail to fast the white days either when at home or on a journey." 

[an-Nasa'i] 

 

 

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Abu Hurayra said,
"My friend, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ordered me to do three things:
to fast three days every month, to do the two rak'ats of Duha and to do the witr before sleeping."
[Agreed upon]

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