Determining the Day of 'Ashura and Fasting It
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there has been much talk about determining the day of 'Ashura, whether it is Friday or Saturday, so I ask you to clarify the truth in this matter?
Answer:
The matter is easy with this. If the month of Hajj is deficient, then Thursday is the ninth day and Friday is the tenth day; this is if the month is deficient. If the month of Hajj is complete, then Friday is the ninth day and Saturday is the tenth day. So if a person fasts on Friday and Saturday, he has achieved, if Allah wills, what is required, because if the month is complete, he has fasted the ninth and tenth, and if the month is deficient, he has fasted the tenth and eleventh. So fasting on Friday and Saturday in this year is the best and most cautious. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, there has been much talk about determining the day of 'Ashura, whether it is Friday or Saturday, so I ask you to clarify the truth in this matter?
Answer:
The matter is easy with this. If the month of Hajj is deficient, then Thursday is the ninth day and Friday is the tenth day; this is if the month is deficient. If the month of Hajj is complete, then Friday is the ninth day and Saturday is the tenth day. So if a person fasts on Friday and Saturday, he has achieved, if Allah wills, what is required, because if the month is complete, he has fasted the ninth and tenth, and if the month is deficient, he has fasted the tenth and eleventh. So fasting on Friday and Saturday in this year is the best and most cautious. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/26 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (58:33)
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