Proper Way To Allah: 2011

" Ashura Day " ( 10th of Muharaam month in lunar Hijri calendar ) which

Prophet salallah alayhi wa salam fasted and he told people to fast ,too,

In the name of Allah

Assalamu alaykum wrwb ,my sister

praise be to Allah for HIS mercy , every some time , HE grant us chance to do good deeds in hope that HE will accept and reward us with

so there is this day called " Ashura Day " ( 10th of Muharaam month in lunar Hijri calendar ) which Prophet salallah alayhi wa salam fasted and he told people to fast ,too,

The day of Ashura this year locates on Dec. 5 ,2011

Prophet also said in another hadith , if he lived to the coming year , he would fast also 9th of Muharram month in lunar Hijri calendar ( see below hadith)

Therefore you are recommended ( note : it means it is not obligatory to fast but sunnah to fast ) on 9th + 10th + 11th of Muharaam

( which will locate this year on Dec 4,2011 - Sunday =9th , Dec 5,2011 - Monday =10th ,Dec 6 ,2011- Tuesday = 11th , ) or 9th+10th , or 10th + 11th ,or 9th+ 10th + 11th , or 10th alone.

If you can not fast the three days ,then two days , or at least one day on 10th ( Dec.5,2011 Monday) , so to help you to understand why it is good to fast ,and knowing why you are recommended to fast ,

pls read more informations about it as below:

The virtue of fasting ‘Ashoora’

Praise be to Allaah.

Firstly:

Fasting the day of ‘Ashoora’ does expiate for the past year,

because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said:

“Fasting the day of ‘Arafah I hope Allaah will expiate thereby for the year before it and the year after it, and fasting the day of ‘Ashoora’ I hope Allaah will expiate thereby for the year that came before it.” Narrated by Muslim, 1162.

This is by the bounty that Allaah bestows upon us, whereby fasting one day expiates for the sins of a whole year. And Allaah is the Owner of great bounty.

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to be very keen to make sure he fasted on the day of ‘Ashoora’ because of its great status. It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said:

I never saw the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) so keen to make sure he fasted any day and preferring it over another except this day, the day of ‘Ashoora’, and this month – meaning Ramadaan. Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1867.

What is meant by being keen to make sure he fasted it is so as to earn its reward.

Secondly:

(This is a good day to fast in gratitude to Allah, prophet fasted and told the people to fast )

With regard to the reason why the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) fasted on the day of ‘Ashoora’ and urged the people to do likewise is mentioned in the hadeeth narrated by al-Bukhaari (1865) from Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him), who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came to Madeenah and saw the Jews fasting on the day of ‘Ashoora’. He said, “What is this?” They said, “This is a good day, this is the day when Allaah saved the Children of Israel from their enemy and Moosa fasted on this day.” He said, “We have closer to Moosa than you.” So he fasted on this day and told the people to fast.

The words “this is a good day” – according to a version narrated by Muslim, “This is a great day when Allaah saved Moosa and his people and drowned Pharaoh and his people.”

The words “so Moosa fasted on this day” – Muslim added in his report: “In gratitude to Allaah, so that is we fast on this day.”

According to another version narrated by al-Bukhaari, “So we fast it out of respect for it.”

The words “and told the people to fast” – according to another version narrated by al-Bukhaari, “He said to his companions, ‘You are closer to Moosa than them, so fast this day.”

Thirdly:

Expiation of sins only referring to Minor sins ( not major sins )

The expiation of sins that is achieved by fasting ‘Ashoora’ refers to minor sins; with regard to major sins, they need separate repentance.

Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

Fasting the day of ‘Arafaah expiates for all minor sins, in othr words this brings forgiveness for all sins except for major sins.

Then he said:

Fasting the day of ‘Arafaah is an expiation for two years,

and the day of ‘Ashoora is an expiation for one year,

and if a person’s Ameen coincides with the Ameen of the angels, his previous sins will be forgiven…

Each of the things mentioned may bring expiation. If he does something that expiates for minor sins he will be expiated,

and if there are no minor or major sins, it will be recorded for him as good deeds and he will rise in status thereby…

If there is one or more major sins and no minor sins, we hope that it will reduce his major sins.

Al-Majmoo’ Sharh al-Muhadhdhab, part 6.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The expiation of purification, prayer, andfasting Ramadaan, ‘Arafah and ‘Ashoora’ applies to minor sins only.

Al-Fataawa al-Kubra, part 5.

Islam Q&A

About Intention to fast

Timing :

forming the intention to fast from the night before, and observe a naafil fast formed on the morning of the naafil fast day itself is valid

Note : the intention is formed in heart without oral speech

( means if forgot to make intention on the night before the day of non obligatory fasting , but voluntary fasting ,

you can still make intention to fast in the morning , as long as you did not eat anything after Fajr )

there is sound evidence from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) that the intention to observe a naafil fast formed on the morning of the day itself is valid,

so long as a person has not ingested anything that breaks the fast after dawn.

‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) entered upon his family one day and said:

“Do you have anything (i.e., any food)?” They said, “No.” He said, “Then I am fasting.” (Muslim, 1154, 170).

The word “idhan” (translated here as “then”, in the sense of “in that case”) indicates that it is permissible to form the intention of observing a naafil fast on the day itself.

This is unlike the obligatory fasts, which are not valid unless one forms the intention the night before, because of the hadeeth,

“Whoever does not form the intention to fast before dawn, has not fasted.” Abu Dawood, 2454; al-Tirmidhi, 726; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’, 6535.

What is meant here is obligatory fasts.

Shaykh al-‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

There are two scholarly opinions on this matter.

The first is that he will be rewarded from the beginning of the day, because the correct Islamic fast can only be from the start of the day.

The second view is that he will only be rewarded from the time of his intention, and if he formed the intention at midday then he will be rewarded for half a day. This is the correct view,

because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “Actions are but by intentions, and each person will have but that which he intended.”

This man only formed the intention during the day, so he will be rewarded from the time he formed the intention.

Based on the correct opinion, if a fast is connected to a particular day, such as fasting on Mondays and Thursdays, and fasting on al-ayaam al-beed (the 13th, 14th and 15th of each Hijri month)

or fasting three days each month, and a person forms the intention during the day, he will not be rewarded for the entire day. Al-Sharh al-Mumti’, 6/373.

The same applies to the case of one who did not intend to fast ‘Ashoora until after dawn had come: he will not get the reward for fasting ‘Ashoora’, which is the expiation of one year, because his case is not like that of one fasted the whole day of ‘Ashoora’, rather he only fasted part of it, from the moment he first formed the intention of fasting.

But he will be rewarded in the general sense of the reward for fasting during the month of Allaah Muharram, which is the best kind of fasting after Ramadaan (as it says in Saheeh Muslim, 1163).

Islam Q&A

fasting ‘Ashoora’ if still owes days from Ramadaan

Firstly:

You should not observe voluntary fasts when you still owe one or more days from Ramadaan, rather you should start with the fasts that you owe from Ramadaan,
and then observe voluntary fasts.

Secondly:
If you fast the tenth and eleventh of Muharram with the intention of making up days that you owe from Ramadaan, that is permissible and will make up for two of the days that you owe.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “Actions are judged but by intentions, and every person will have but that which he intended.”
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 11/401

We hope that you will have the reward for making up the missed fast and the reward for fasting that day.

Fataawa Manaar al-Islam, by Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him), 2/358.

Islam Q&A

Recommendation to fast Taasoo’a’ (9th) with ‘Ashoora’( 10th)

Proof :

‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: When the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) fasted on the day of ‘Ashoora and told the people to fast,

they said, “O Messenger of Allaah, this is a day that is venerated by the Jews and Christians.” The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said,

“Next year, if Allaah wills, we will fast on the ninth day.”

But by the time the following year came, the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) had passed away. Narrated by Muslim, 1916.

Al-Shaafa’i and his companions, Ahmad, Ishaaq and others said:

It is mustahabb [recommended] to fast both the ninth and the tenth, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) fasted the tenth and intended to fast the ninth.

Based on this, there are

different ways of fasting ‘Ashoora’,

the least of which is to fast the tenth only,

but it is better to fast the ninth as well.

The more one fasts in Muharram, the better.

If one were to ask,

what is the wisdom behind fasting the ninth as well as the tenth?

The answer is:

Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: The scholars among our companions and others said that there are several reasons for recommending fasting on the ninth day (Tasoo’a’):

1 – The intention behind it is to be different from the Jews who limit their fasting to the tenth day. This was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbaas.

2 – The intention was to join the fast of ‘Ashoora’ to another day, just as it is not allowed to fast on a Friday on its own [but it is allowed if one fasts the day before or the day after as well].

3 – The idea is to be on the safe side and make sure one is fasting on the tenth, in case the moon sighting was not accurate and what people think is the ninth is actually the tenth.

The strongest of these reasons is in order to be different from the People of the Book.

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade resembling the People of the Book in many ahaadeeth.

For example, he said concerning ‘Ashoora’: “If I live until next year I will certainly fast the ninth.” Al-Fataawa al-Kubra, part 6.

Ibn Hajar (may Allaah have mercy on him) said, commenting on the hadeeth “If I live until next year I will certainly fast the ninth”:

His concern to fast the ninth may be understood as meaning that he would not limit himself to that, rather that he would add it to the tenth, either to be on the safe side, or to be different from the Jews and Christians, which is more likely to be correct; this is what may be understood from some of the reports narrated by Muslim.” From Fath al-Baari, 4/245.

Islam Q&A

Can I fast just 10th (one day only) ?

Praise be to Allaah.
Shaykh al-Islam [Ibn Taymiyah] said: Fasting the day of ‘Ashoora’ is expiation for one year, and it is not makrooh to single out this day for fasting. Al-Fataawa al-Kubra, part 5.

In Tuhfat al-Muhtaaj by Ibn Hajar al-Haythami it says: There is nothing wrong with fasting ‘Ashoora’ on its own. Part 3, Baab Sawm al-Tatawwu’.

The Standing Committee was asked this question and replied as follows:
It is permissible to fast the day of ‘Ashoora’ on its own, but it is better to fast the day before it or the day after it.

This is the Sunnah that is proven from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), as he said, “If I am still alive next year, I will certainly fast the ninth.” Narrated by Muslim, 1134.

Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: He meant, along with the tenth.
And Allaah is the Source of strength.
Al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah li’l-Buhooth al-‘Ilmiyyah wa’l-Ifta’, 11/401.
Islam Q&A

Can she make up this day if missed to fast ?

(if she has menstruation or any reasons missed to fast)

If a person misses the fast of ‘Ashoora’, it cannot be made up

because there is no proof for that, and because the reward is connected to fasting on the tenth day of Muharram, and that time has passed.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: If the day of ‘Ashoora’ comes and the woman is menstruating, can she make up the fast?

Is there a principle concerning naafil acts of worship that may be made up and those that may not be made up? May Allah reward you with good.

He replied: Naafil acts of worship are of two types: those for which there is a reason and those for which there is no reason.

Those for which there is a reason end when the reason ends, and they cannot be made up.

An example of that is tahiyyat al-masjid (two rak‘ahs to “greet the mosque”).

If a man comes and sits down, and sits for a long time, then he gets up wanting to pray tahiyyat al-masjid, it will not be tahiyyat al-masjid, because that is a prayer that is done for a reason and is connected to the reason; once the reason no longer applies, it is no longer prescribed.

Another example, it would seem, is the day of ‘Arafah and the day of ‘Ashoora’. If a person delays fasting the day of ‘Arafah and the day of ‘Ashoora’, with no excuse, there is no doubt that it cannot be made up and it would not benefit him if he did make it up, i.e., it would not benefit him in the sense of it being the day of ‘Arafah or the day of ‘Ashoora’.

But if that day comes when a person has an excuse, such as the woman who is menstruating or bleeding following childbirth, or a person who is sick or travel,

then it seems that it cannot be made up in this case either, because it is connected to a specific day and the ruling ceases to apply once that day is past.

End quote from Majmoo‘ Fataawa Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 20/43

But if a person is excused for not fasting – such as women who are menstruating or bleeding following childbirth, or those who are sick or are travelling – and he usually fasts on that day or he had the intention of fasting that day, then he will be rewarded for his intention, because of

the report narrated by al-Bukhaari (2996) from Abu Moosa (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:

“If a person falls sick or travels, he will have a reward recorded for him like that of what he used to do when he was at home and was healthy.”

Ibn Hajar (may Allah have mercy on him) said: “He will have a reward recorded for him like that of what he used to do when he was at home and was healthy” means that

he is like one who used to do an act of worship then was prevented from doing it, but he had the intention that were it not for the obstacle he would have continued to do it.

End quote. Fath al-Baari.

And Allah knows best.

Islam Q&A

We ask Allah to accept our fasting ,ameen,

pls do not forget us, our teachers and all muslims ,in your good duaa while breaking fasting.

Jazakum Allahu khairan

"Oh Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I misguide others, or I am misguided by others, lest I cause others to err or I am caused to err, lest I abuse others or be abused, and lest I behave foolishly or meet with the foolishness of others".

Oh Allah, grant us a good soul that is pure, a pure heart that is humble and fear with good faith,

Oh Allah, bless us with true protection to keep us away from all Evils & Satan,

Oh Allah, guide us with true knowledge, wisdom and guidance to follow the right path,

Oh Allah, have true mercy to forgive & correct all our mistakes and sins,

Oh Allah, grant us true peace with mercy and blessings to succeed in this world and the hereafter

~ Ameen ~

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