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| Are you going to fast ASHURA? |
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| sal |
| 02/28/04 at 14:22:13 |
| [slm] Well I am just trying to remind ourselves the coming of ASHURA .10 th of MUHARAM .It is on on monday but as we know its supposed to be fasted the day 9and 10 Or 10 and 11 .my daugher just reminded me few hrs ago asking me what is meant by fasting this day ? she was asked in the school and she wanted to know more . Good luck for those who want to fast and may ALLAH make your fasting easy AMEEN No problem to [] after breakfast |
| Re: Are you going to fast ASHURA? |
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| jannah |
| 02/29/04 at 19:23:29 |
| Please confirm with whatever moonsighting source you follow to the exact date of Ashura, as they may differ. I have heard with global sighting it's Monday, with local sighting it's Tuesday. May Allah accept our fasting inshaAllah :) =======------------===============-------------===========------- The Virtues of Allahs sacred month of Muharram Fasting On the Day of Ashura Expiates the Sins of the Preceding Year When the Day of Judgment comes, we will without doubt all desire to steer clear from our sins and wish that we had done more good deeds that would be a cause for removal of our bad deeds. Of much interest to us Muslims these days should be the fasting the 9th and the 10th of Muharram. The Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, said about the voluntary fasting on the Day of Aashoraa: "It expiates the sins of the preceding year." [Saheeh Muslim] Ibn Abbas, radhiallahu anhu, reported: "The Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, came to al-Madeenah and saw the Jews fasting on the day of Aashooraa. He asked them about that. They replied, "This is a good day, the day on which Allah rescued Baani Israaeel from their enemy. So Moosa observed fast on this day." The Prophet said, "We have more claim over Moosa than you." So the Prophet, sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam, observed fast on that day and ordered (the Muslims) to observe fast (on that day)." [Saheeh al-Bukhari, Muslim] Ibn Abbas also reported, "The Messenger of Allah fasted on the day of Aashooraa and ordered the people to fast on it. The people said, "O Messenger of Allah, it is a day that the Jews and Christians honor." The Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, said, "When the following year comes - Allah willing - we shall fast on the ninth." The death of the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, came before the following year." [Saheeh Muslim, Abu Dawood] So it is recommended to fast on the 10th of Muharram and the 9th along with it as well. ----------------------------------------------------- Allahs sacred month of Muharram is a blessed and important month.It is the first month of the Hijri calendar and is one of the four sacred months concerning which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): Verily, the number of months with Allaah is twelve months (in a year), so it was ordained by Allaah on the Day when He created the heavens and the earth;of them, four are sacred. That is the right religion, so wrong not yourselves therein [al-Tawbah 9:36] Allaahs words (interpretation of the meaning): so wrong not yourselves therein mean do not wrong yourselves in these sacred months, because sin in these months is worse than in other months. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Virtue of observing more naafil fasts during Muharram. Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: The best of fasting after Ramadaan is fasting Allaahs month of Muharram. (reported by Muslim, 1982). More @ www.jannah.org/articles/muharram.html |
| Re: Are you going to fast ASHURA? |
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| sal |
| 03/02/04 at 16:17:13 |
| [slm] If it is not too late now to catch it but just for your information .Here in saudi arabia ,after we fasted the 9th of MUHARAM on sunday and 10 on MONDAY .we are informed it is supposed to be on TUESDAY , so MONDAY was the 9 th and TUESDAY ASHURA ( the 10 th) according to the local sighting .This way we fasted three days instead of 2 for those who wanted to fast the day9 and 10 and 4 for those who wanted to fast the 9th 10th and 11th It is all AJER (good job) [wlm] |
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