Isolating the Day of Ashura with Fasting
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The questioner:
With a single unit of consultation. Without fasting before it or after it, did the prohibition decrease?
The Shaykh:
The Sunnah, in its minimum state, is that it is disliked, due to imitating the Jews by isolating it. The Sunnah is to differ by fasting the day before it and the day after it. For this reason, he said in the authentic hadith: "If I remain [alive] until the next year, I will fast on the ninth," even though, from the perspective of imitating the disbelievers, yes.
With a single unit of consultation. Without fasting before it or after it, did the prohibition decrease?
The Shaykh:
The Sunnah, in its minimum state, is that it is disliked, due to imitating the Jews by isolating it. The Sunnah is to differ by fasting the day before it and the day after it. For this reason, he said in the authentic hadith: "If I remain [alive] until the next year, I will fast on the ninth," even though, from the perspective of imitating the disbelievers, yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ الشرح الأول ]، بداية من باب قضاء رمضان متتابعا ومتفرقا وتأخيره إلى شعبان — islamhouse.com (30:09)
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