فليس بمناف لما قدمناه من الاخبار لان الانسان مخير ان يصوم اربعاء بين خميسين أو خميسا بين اربعائين، وعلى ايهما عمل فليس عليه شئ، لان الاصل في هذا الصوم التنفل والتطوع فكيف في ترتيبه، والذي يدل على ما ذكرناه ما رواه:
It is not contrary to the reports we have previously presented, because a person has the choice to fast a Wednesday between two Thursdays, or a Thursday between two Wednesdays. Whichever of the two he acts upon, there is nothing upon him, because the basis of this fast is supererogation (tanafful) and voluntary devotion (tatawwu), so how then regarding its arrangement? What indicates what we have mentioned is what he narrated (in the following hadith):