The Ruling on Fasting Only the Day of 'Ashura
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this sister, Umm 'Adnan, says that she was in the month of Muharram and fasted only the tenth, and did not fast either the day after it or the day before it.
Answer:
Yes, this is permissible, and this is the minimum. The best is to fast the entire month of Allah, Muharram. Whoever fasts it in its entirety, that is better. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 1163a So the month of Allah, Muharram, the Muslim fasts it in its entirety, and that is better. Or does he fast the ninth and the tenth? That is, he fasts the Day of Ashura and fasts a day before it, which is the ninth. And if he fasts a day after it, that is also permissible. And if he fasts the three days—the ninth, the tenth, and the eleventh—then that is better. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, this sister, Umm 'Adnan, says that she was in the month of Muharram and fasted only the tenth, and did not fast either the day after it or the day before it.
Answer:
Yes, this is permissible, and this is the minimum. The best is to fast the entire month of Allah, Muharram. Whoever fasts it in its entirety, that is better. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The most excellent fast after Ramadan is God's month. al-Muharram
أفضل الصيام بعد رمضان شهر الله المحرم
Source
قناة «السعودية»، برنامج فتاوى — youtube.com (7:38)
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