Is fasting the day of 'Ashura alone sufficient?
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Question:
Your Eminence, regarding fasting the day of 'Ashura in the month of Muharram: if a person fasts only the day of 'Ashura in Muharram, and does not fast a day before it or a day after it, is that sufficient for him?
Answer:
Yes, it is sufficient for him; but he has left what is better. The better course is to fast a day before it or a day after it. This is the best, meaning: he fasts two days, the ninth and the tenth, or the tenth and the eleventh, or he fasts the three days: the ninth, the tenth, and the eleventh. This is better, in opposition to the Jews. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Your Eminence, regarding fasting the day of 'Ashura in the month of Muharram: if a person fasts only the day of 'Ashura in Muharram, and does not fast a day before it or a day after it, is that sufficient for him?
Answer:
Yes, it is sufficient for him; but he has left what is better. The better course is to fast a day before it or a day after it. This is the best, meaning: he fasts two days, the ninth and the tenth, or the tenth and the eleventh, or he fasts the three days: the ninth, the tenth, and the eleventh. This is better, in opposition to the Jews. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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