The ruling on fasting the entire month of Muharram and an explanation of the sacred months
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Question:
Among my questions, Honorable Shaykh, is one asking about fasting the entire month of Muharram: is it to be fasted? Why is it called al-Muharram? And what are the sacred months?
Answer:
The month of Muharram is a highly respected month. It is one of the sacred months in which Allah has forbidden fighting. Yes. They are: Dhu al-Qa'dah and Dhu al-Hijjah.
And Muharram is one of the three consecutive months, and Rajab is a single month. Allah the Exalted said:[At-Tawbah 9:36] meaning that Allah has forbidden fighting in them, and these are those months, including the month of Muharram.
And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The apparent meaning of the hadith is that there is no harm in fasting the entire month.
Or fasting most of it and the majority of it, and the most emphasized are the ninth and the tenth. It contains the day of 'Ashura, and one fasts the day before it and the day after it, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded.
Among my questions, Honorable Shaykh, is one asking about fasting the entire month of Muharram: is it to be fasted? Why is it called al-Muharram? And what are the sacred months?
Answer:
The month of Muharram is a highly respected month. It is one of the sacred months in which Allah has forbidden fighting. Yes. They are: Dhu al-Qa'dah and Dhu al-Hijjah.
And Muharram is one of the three consecutive months, and Rajab is a single month. Allah the Exalted said:
Indeed, the number of months with Allah is twelve [lunar] months in the register of Allah [from] the day He created the heavens and the earth; of these, four are sacred.
إِنَّ عِدَّةَ الشُّهُورِ عِندَ اللَّهِ اثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ مِنْهَا أَرْبَعَةٌ حُرُمٌAnd the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
He rejected fasting after Ramadan except for the month of Allah, Muharram, or what you call Muharram.
رفض بالصيام بعد رمضان شهر الله المحرم أو الذي تدعونه المحرم،Or fasting most of it and the majority of it, and the most emphasized are the ninth and the tenth. It contains the day of 'Ashura, and one fasts the day before it and the day after it, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded.
Source
صيام شهر محرم كاملا — alfawzan.live
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