Those who disliked fasting a day or a month one fixes, or standing in prayer on a night one fixes

Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Apart from Ramadan, do not fix any day on which you consider fasting binding upon yourself.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to forbid giving any day a special distinction, or fasting on fixed days, or fasting in particular months in such a way that it is never left off.

Ibrahim said: The predecessors used to dislike imposing upon themselves something that Allah had not made obligatory upon them.

Ibn Sirin said: Do not single out the day of Friday for fasting, nor the night of Friday for worship.

Tawus used to dislike that a particular day or month be sought out for fasting.

Ibrahim said: The predecessors used to dislike singling out the day of Friday, and likewise its night, for prayer.

Amir and Ibrahim used to dislike fixing a particular day and fasting on it.

It is likewise reported through Hammad from Ibrahim that they both (Amir and Ibrahim) disliked fasting a day that they would fix in advance.

Mujahid said: Do not fast a whole month, likening it thereby to the month of Ramadan, and do not fast the day of Friday alone, lest you make it an Eid; rather, if you are to fast on Friday, then also fast a day before it or a day after it.