The Ruling on Fasting the Day of Ashura?
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Question:
We ask for clarification regarding fasting on the Day of Ashura? And what is the ruling on slapping one’s face for the one who does so?
Answer:
Praise be to Allah. Muslims do not engage in slapping one’s face, nor excessive grief, nor dissatisfaction with the decree. Rather, they follow the Sunnah: they fast on the Day of Ashura and the day before it, or the day after it, in order to differ from the Jews. It is a confirmed Sunnah; fasting it is a confirmed Sunnah. Yes.
We ask for clarification regarding fasting on the Day of Ashura? And what is the ruling on slapping one’s face for the one who does so?
Answer:
Praise be to Allah. Muslims do not engage in slapping one’s face, nor excessive grief, nor dissatisfaction with the decree. Rather, they follow the Sunnah: they fast on the Day of Ashura and the day before it, or the day after it, in order to differ from the Jews. It is a confirmed Sunnah; fasting it is a confirmed Sunnah. Yes.
Source
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