The ruling on making the day of 'Ashura a day of mourning or a season of joy

The questioner:
Also, the questioner Abdullah says: Honorable Shaykh, some people make 'Ashura a day of mourning, wailing, and self-flagellation, while another group makes it a season of joy and generosity, and so on. What is the ruling? May Allah bless you.

The Shaykh:
Both matters are misguidance. Those who make the day of 'Ashura a day of mourning, beating their chests, and calling out woe and misery, and striking themselves with chains, because they say this is the day on which al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him), the son of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, was killed, so they display grief on this day for al-Husayn, in their claim. There is no doubt that the killing of al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) was a great calamity, but a calamity is met with patience and seeking reward from Allah, not with panic, striking the cheeks, or tearing the clothes. Nor with wailing and lamentation, but only with patience and seeking reward from Allah. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you, our Shaykh, and make your knowledge beneficial to Islam and the Muslims. This questioner asks about the explanation of the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):

The Shaykh:
Before that, a completion of the first answer. Opposite to those who display lamentation and panic are those who make it a day of joy. They make the day of 'Ashura a day of joy and happiness, and some of them make it a festival, giving gifts and buying celebrations for their children. All of this is not permissible. Neither is it permissible to display panic and lamentation, nor to display joy in it. What is prescribed on the day of 'Ashura is fasting it. It is fasting it. The origin of this is that it is the day on which Allah saved Musa and his people and drowned Fir'awn and his people.
So the Jews fasted it in gratitude to Allah the Exalted and Majestic, and they continued to fast it. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) migrated, he found the Jews in Madinah fasting it, so he asked them about it. They said: It is the day on which Allah drowned Fir'awn and his people and saved Musa and his people, so Musa fasted it in gratitude to Allah, and we fast it in gratitude to Allah. He said (peace and blessings be upon him): And its fasting became a confirmed recommended practice in Islam, along with fasting the day before it, which is the ninth, or fasting the day after it, which is the eleventh, or fasting the three days, and this is better. Yes.