Isolating the Day of Ashura with Fasting
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to isolate the Day of Ashura with fasting?
The Shaykh:
Is it permissible?
The questioner:
Isolating it with fasting.
The Shaykh:
The minimum, the minimum, is that he fasts the Day of Ashura, and the Sunnah (recommended practice) is that he fasts the day before it in order to differ from the Jews, and if the day before it has passed, he fasts the day after it in order to differ from the Jews. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: May Allah preserve you, and is there a report that the day before it and the day after it are fasted?
The Shaykh:
This is correct, this is in the authentic collections, fasting the day before it is in the authentic collections, as for the day after it, there is a problem with the narration, but if one missed fasting the day before it, he fasts the day after it. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to isolate the Day of Ashura with fasting?
The Shaykh:
Is it permissible?
The questioner:
Isolating it with fasting.
The Shaykh:
The minimum, the minimum, is that he fasts the Day of Ashura, and the Sunnah (recommended practice) is that he fasts the day before it in order to differ from the Jews, and if the day before it has passed, he fasts the day after it in order to differ from the Jews. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: May Allah preserve you, and is there a report that the day before it and the day after it are fasted?
The Shaykh:
This is correct, this is in the authentic collections, fasting the day before it is in the authentic collections, as for the day after it, there is a problem with the narration, but if one missed fasting the day before it, he fasts the day after it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 53 — youtube.com (54:38)
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