Did a hadith come down saying, “If I live to see next year, I will fast the day before it or the day after it”?
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The questioner : I mean, so that we reach the ninth, the day before it or the day after it. This is the Prophet’s hadith, but we are not able to fast Ashura itself.
The Shaykh : What is the Prophet’s hadith?
The questioner : That he said:.
The Shaykh : No, he did not say it that way.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He did not say it that way, yes.
The questioner : How?
The Shaykh : He did not say it that way.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: He said:Sahih Muslim 1134b.
The questioner : .
The Shaykh : He did not say the day before it or the day after it.
The questioner : So, the ninth?
The Shaykh : Yes, and we fasted the ninth.
The questioner : So, it is permissible to intend to fast the ninth in this case.
The Shaykh: Of course.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Of course, let’s go, or...
The student : Please, our Shaykh, in the name of Allah.
Another student: I place my trust in Allah. Peace be upon you, our Shaykh.
Another student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, that’s how I got stuck now. Well, peace be upon you.
The student : And upon you peace, our Shaykh... May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And to you.
The Shaykh : What is the Prophet’s hadith?
The questioner : That he said:
If I live to see next year, I will fast the day before it or the day after it
لَئِنْ عشت من قابل لَأصومَنَّ يومًا قبله أو يومًا بعدهThe Shaykh : No, he did not say it that way.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : He did not say it that way, yes.
The questioner : How?
The Shaykh : He did not say it that way.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh: He said:
If I live till the next (year), I would definitely observe fast on the 9th
لَئِن عشت إلى قابل لَأصومَنَّ التاسعThe questioner :
I will fast the ninth
لَأصومَنَّ التاسعThe Shaykh : He did not say the day before it or the day after it.
The questioner : So, the ninth?
The Shaykh : Yes, and we fasted the ninth.
The questioner : So, it is permissible to intend to fast the ninth in this case.
The Shaykh: Of course.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Of course, let’s go, or...
The student : Please, our Shaykh, in the name of Allah.
Another student: I place my trust in Allah. Peace be upon you, our Shaykh.
Another student: ...
The Shaykh : Yes, that’s how I got stuck now. Well, peace be upon you.
The student : And upon you peace, our Shaykh... May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And to you.
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