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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Fasting the Entire Month of Muharram

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, if a person wants to fast the entire month of Muharram, is there anything required of him?

Answer:
This contradicts the Sunnah,
The Prophet (ﷺ) never fasted a full month except the month of Ramadanما صام النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم شهرا كاملا إلا شهر رمضان
Sahih al-Bukhari 1971
, yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 27 من 27|شرح أحاديث الصيام من كتاب المنتقى|باب صوم المحرم وتأكيد عاشوراء|صالح الفوزان|الفقه — youtube.com (5:45)

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