Fasting al-Muharram & 'Aashooraa' (10th of al-Muharram)

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as-salaamu 'alaikum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh,

Here's just a simple reminder about the Hadeeth:

أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللَّهِ الْمُحَرَّمُ وَأَفْضَلُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الْفَرِيضَةِ صَلَاةُ اللَّيْلِ
- صحيح مسلم

“The best fasting after the month of Ramadan, is the month of Allah, al-Muharram. And the best prayer after the obligatory prayer is prayer at night.”
– Saheeh Muslim.

And also the hadeeth:

"وَسُئِلَ عَنْ صَوْمِ يَوْمِ عَاشُورَاءَ؟ فَقَالَ: "يُكَفِّرُ السَّنَةَ الْمَاضِيةَ"
- صحيح مسلم

“And he (sallallaahu 'alaihi wasallam) was asked about Fasting the day of 'Aashooraa' and he said: 'It expiates sins committed over the last year'.”
– Saheeh Muslim.

Related links:
- Fasting al-Muharram - the Mufti Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez aal-Shaykh (hafidhahullaah)
- Fasting the whole of al-Muharram (Arabic version) - Shaykh Ferkous (hafidhahullaah)
- Encouragement in Fasting the day of 'Ashooraa' - Shaykh al-Albaanee & Shaykh ibn Baaz (rahimahumallaah)
- A Few Hadeeth on Fasting 'Aashooraa'
- Best thing to do as regards fasting 'Aashooraa', the day before and/or the day after - Bro. Abul-'Abbaas Moosaa Richardson (hafidhahullaah)