The Virtue of Fasting the Day of Ashura and the Month of Muharram
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The questioner:
This person is asking about fasting the Day of Ashura: what is the best in it? And what does it expiate from deeds? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Fasting the Day of Ashura: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us that it expiates the sins of the past year. Yes.
The presenter:
He says: It is my custom, O Shaykh Salih, that I fast the entire month of Allah, Muharram.
The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah, this is a good thing. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Dawud (peace be upon him), a sixth of it, peace and blessings be upon him. And the best of fasting is the fasting of Dawud: he would fast one day and break the fast the next. If one fasts the entire month of Muharram, there is great virtue in that. Otherwise, at the very least, one should fast the ninth and tenth days of it. The best fasting after Ramadan is in the month of Allah, Muharram. Yes.
This person is asking about fasting the Day of Ashura: what is the best in it? And what does it expiate from deeds? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
Fasting the Day of Ashura: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed us that it expiates the sins of the past year. Yes.
The presenter:
He says: It is my custom, O Shaykh Salih, that I fast the entire month of Allah, Muharram.
The Shaykh:
Praise be to Allah, this is a good thing. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The best of prayer is the prayer of
أفضل الصلاة صلاةAnd he would stand in prayer for a third of the night, sleep for half of it, and stand
وكان يقوم ثلث الليل وينام نصفه ويقوم
Source
نور على الدرب 17-01-1439هـ ح2 — af.org.sa (13:03)
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