Sunday, July seventh is our Islamic New Yr. Will probably be the 12 months 1446, which signifies the variety of years which have handed for the reason that arrival of Our Beloved Messenger ﷺ to al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, The Illuminated Metropolis. The primary month within the calendar is Muḥarram, which interprets to The Sacred and Sanctified Month. It’s a nice time to quick, particularly on the tenth day (ʿĀshūrāʾ).
We must always all attempt to quick on ʿĀshūrāʾ, the tenth of Muḥarram, which is Tuesday, July sixteenth. If doable, quick the day earlier than or after as nicely.
Muḥarram
That is the 1st month of the Islamic Lunar Calendar. The Messenger of God ﷺ referred to it as “شَهْرُ اللَّهِ الْمُحَرَّمُ – The Month of God (Shahr Allāh),” and it has sure virtues. Additionally it is probably a month of elevated forgiveness. 1
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The Messenger of God ﷺ mentioned: “Except for Ramaḍān, one of the best fasts are the fasts of The Month of God, Al-Muḥarram – أَفْضَلُ الصِّيَامِ بَعْدَ صِيَامِ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ شَهْرُ اللَّهِ الْمُحَرَّمُ.” 2
ʿĀshūrāʾ
That is the tenth day of Muḥarram. It falls on Tuesday, July sixteenth. Those that are capable of quick ought to attempt to quick on this present day.
Reward: The Messenger of God ﷺ mentioned: “Quick on ʿĀshūrāʾ. Doing so will trigger your sins of the earlier 12 months to be forgiven.”3
Encouragement: Ibn Abbās (raḍiya Allāh ʿanhumā 4) mentioned: “I by no means noticed The Prophet ﷺ eager to quick a day greater than ʿĀshūrāʾ – مَا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَتَحَرَّى صِيَامَ يَوْمٍ فَضَّلَهُ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ إِلاَّ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ…” 5
With reference to ʿĀshūrāʾ, The Messenger of God ﷺ mentioned: “Quick! – فَصُومُوهُ أَنْتُمْ” 6
Reasoning: Ibn ʿAbbās (raḍiya Allāh ʿanhumā) talked about that the Jews of Al-Madīnah used to quick on ʿĀshūrāʾ as a result of The Exodus — the day Moses (Mūsā alayhi al-salām 7) escaped with the Israelites from the reign of the Pharaoh — occurred on that day. The Messenger of God ﷺ responded saying: “You (the companions) have extra proper to Moses (alayhi al-salām) than them (the Jews), so quick (on this present day) – أَنْتُمْ أَحَقُّ بِمُوسَى مِنْهُمْ فَصُومُوا.” 8
Fasting The 9th As Properly: The Messenger of God ﷺ mentioned: “If I’m nonetheless alive subsequent 12 months, I’ll positively quick the 9th as nicely. (That means, along with the tenth.)” The Messenger of God ﷺ additionally mentioned: “Differ from the Jews, quick the day earlier than or after as nicely – صُومُوا يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ وَخَالِفُوا فِيهِ الْيَهُودَ صُومُوا قَبْلَهُ يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْدَهُ يَوْمًا.” 9
Primarily based on that, it could be okay to quick on the 11th as a substitute of on the 9th. There are completely different opinions as to which set of days to quick. To record them in short:
The tenth (Tuesday, July 16th solely). Everyone seems to be in settlement that this present day must be fasted 10, even when one can not quick an additional day earlier than or after.
The 9th and 10th (Monday and Tuesday)
The tenth and 11th (Tuesday and Wednesday)11
The 9th, 10th, and 11th (Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday) 12
The Exodus – Allāh ﷻ Instructions Moses (Mūsā alayhi al-salām 13) to Depart Egypt
The story of Mūsā (alayhi al-salām) is essentially the most incessantly talked about story within the Qurʾān. Every time Mūsā (alayhi al-salām) is talked about, Allāh ﷻ offers us completely different scenes from his life, and a special angle of that scene. The passage within the Qurʾān that highlights The Exodus in essentially the most element is Sūrah Al-Shuʿārāʾ (#26) Āyāt 10 – 68. 14
It’s a story of perseverance (ṣabr and ḥilm), relying solely on Allāh (tawakkul), steerage (hudā), deliverance (najāh), and victory (ẓafar). There are such a lot of avenues for us to profit from in the case of the story of Mūsā (alayhi al-salām), in addition to the parallels we draw between the story of Mūsā (alayhi al-salām) and the life and story (sīrah) of our personal Messenger Muḥammad ﷺ. Take a deep dive into this part of the Qurʾān right here.
Ought to One Spend Additional on One’s Household on The Day of ʿĀshūrāʾ?
There are just a few narrations attributed to the Prophet ﷺ stating, “If somebody is additional beneficiant with their household 15 on the day of ʿĀshūrāʾ, Allāh ﷻ can be additional beneficiant with her or him all through the next 12 months.” 16 It must be talked about that the overwhelming majority of students have thought-about the attribution of that assertion to the Prophet ﷺ, albeit by means of many companions and chains, to be weak (ḍaʿīf).
As for the reasoning behind avoiding performing upon these narrations, it’s as a result of there have been nice students who’ve thought-about the ḥadīth at hand to be extraordinarily weak, if not baseless and fabricated. Amongst them are Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal, Al-ʿUqaylī, Al-Faḍl Ibn Ṭāhir, Ibn Al-Jawzī, Ibn Taymiyah, Ibn Al-Qayyim, Al-Dhahabī, Ibn Al-ʿIzz, and Al-Majd Al-Fayrūz Ābādī (raḥimahum Allāh 17).
They are saying that the chain to Ibn Masʿud (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanh), the chain to Abū Hurayrah (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanh), the 2 chains to Abū Saʿīd Al-Khudrī (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanh), the 2 chains to Jābir (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhumā), together with his private assertion, and the 2 chains to Ibn ʿUmar are all extraordinarily weak and full of narrators who’re unknown, very weak, unreliable, and/or identified to contradict their way more correct friends. 18
As for the reasoning behind performing upon these narrations, it’s as a result of there have been nice students who’ve acted upon this assertion by spending additional on their household, and located additional blessings within the following 12 months. Amongst them are Al-Bayhaqī, Al-Mundhirī, Al-ʿIrāqī, and Al-Suyūṭī (raḥimahum Allāh 19). They depend on the eight chains of narrators to the 5 companions (ṣaḥābah) talked about above, together with the narration to Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhumā), whereby he has been quoted saying, “We’ve skilled that, and have discovered it to be true.” 20
Abū Al-Zubayr and Shuʿbah (raḥimahumā Allāh) have additionally been quoted with related statements. 21 Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah (raḥimahu Allāh) is known 22 for this assertion, saying that he discovered this additional generosity for “50 or 60 years.” Ibn Ḥabīb Al-Mālikī (raḥimahu Allāh) composed just a few traces of poetry highlighting this. 23
In abstract, there are two opinions. Opinion A is: regardless of a weak attribution to the Prophet ﷺ, there are quite a few quotes, statements, and testimonies about receiving additional generosity from Allāh the 12 months following having spent on one’s household on ʿĀshūrāʾ 24.
Anybody who finds this convincing ought to go forward and be additional beneficiant along with his or her household on ʿĀshūrāʾ, and hope and pray for additional generosity and blessings from Allāh.
Opinion B is: all of the narrations are extraordinarily weak and problematic, and thus one shouldn’t spend additional on their household on ʿĀshūrāʾ. The writer of this text, might Allāh make him worthy of His Love, used to carry the opinion that, regardless of the weak point of the narrations, there was some foundation to this act, and thus it could be permissible and rewarding to behave upon the mentioned narration. Nonetheless, after additional analysis, the writer, might Allāh make him worthy of His Love, finds it higher to keep away from this motion as a result of immense weak point of the narrations. With that being mentioned, if somebody had been to behave on it in hopes of reward as a result of they like the view of the students that did think about it virtuous, it’s hoped that Allāh will reward them. And if somebody had been to keep away from this motion in order to not interact in a non secular innovation (bidʿah), they may even be rewarded by Allāh. — Allāh is aware of the proper reply.
Might Allāh — Al-Razzāq, The Sustainer — present for us all, bless us in what He Alone has supplied us with, make us grateful and content material, and free us from any and all types of debt. Might Allāh settle for our fasting on ʿĀshūrāʾ, and forgive us for our earlier years’ sins. Āmīn.
The Martyrdom of Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhumā) 25
As was described above, the Prophet ﷺ himself taught us the significance of the day of ʿĀshūrāʾ, in addition to the rewards related to fasting that day. Nonetheless, after the Prophet ﷺ left this world, his grandson, Ḥusayn (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanh), in addition to lots of his prolonged relations had been martyred on the plains of Karbalāʾ by a platoon from the Umayyad Military, on account of political points within the 12 months 56 AH. An in depth overview of the incidents main as much as this occasion might be discovered right here and right here.
Ḥusayn (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanh) is the son of Fāṭimah bint Muḥammad (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhā) and ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanh), two of the best companions of the Prophet ﷺ. Fāṭimah bint Muḥammad (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhā) is the beloved daughter of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ. ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanh) is the 1st cousin of the Prophet ﷺ, his son-in-law, and the 4rth Caliph. In addition they had an older son, Ḥasan (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanh).
Relating to Ḥasan and Ḥusayn (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhumā), the Prophet ﷺ mentioned “Ḥasan and Ḥusayn are the 2 leaders of the younger males of Jannah.” 26 He ﷺ additionally mentioned about them whereas they had been holding onto his knees “These two are my sons. The sons of my daughter (Fāṭimah). O Allāh! I really like each of them! So You like each of them! And love whoever loves each of them!” 27
He ﷺ additionally mentioned relating to them: “Ḥasan and Ḥusayn are my two aromatic smelling crops 28 of this world.” 29 Relating to Ḥusayn (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanh) specifically, Anas ibn Mālik (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanh) – the servant of the Prophet ﷺ for 10 years – remarked, “He most intently resembles the bodily options of the Prophet ﷺ.” 30
There might be little question in regards to the love we will need to have for the Prophet ﷺ, his household, his daughters, his grandchildren, and our respect in the direction of them. And due to our immense love of the Prophet ﷺ, we observe his teachings, his pointers, and the lifestyle he modeled for us. He ﷺ taught us that the tenth of Muḥarram is a day of victory, and a day of fasting.
He additionally taught us that we concentrate on our worship, commemorate successes, and take classes from – not mourn – occasions of problem. Our hearts ought to really feel unhappy for the martyrdom of Ḥusayn (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanh), in an analogous method that it feels unhappy over the martyrdom of all the nice Ṣaḥābah, those that had been position fashions even to Ḥusayn (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanh), likeʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanh), ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanh), and Ḥusayn’s personal father, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanh). However our hearts ought to really feel the best unhappiness on the lack of our Prophet ,ﷺ who mentioned “Nobody from my Ummah has confronted a tougher calamity than my dying.” 31
Regardless of that, we nonetheless don’t take the passing of the Prophet ﷺ on the 12th of Rabīʿ al-Awwal to be a day of mourning or lamenting. The Prophet ﷺ taught us easy methods to grieve when his personal son Ibrāhīm (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanh) handed away when he ﷺ mentioned, “The eyes shed tears. The hearts really feel unhappy. However we solely say that which pleases Allāh.” 32 We don’t say something or do something in our unhappiness that may make Allāh displeased.
As a closing level, some individuals use situations like these to criticize the Ṣaḥābah (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhum), the companions of the Prophet ﷺ, despite the fact that Allāh ﷻ is already happy and proud of all of them. Allāh ﷻ says in The Qurʾān relating to the companions (ṣaḥābah raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhum) “ِAllāh is happy with them, and they’re happy with Allāh” 33 and “Those that spent their cash and put their lives on the road earlier than the conquest of Makkah aren’t equal to those that did so after. The primary class has a superior rank in comparison with those that spent cash and fought after the conquest of Makkah. BUT STILL, Allāh has promised and ready Al-Ḥusnā, Jannah, and Paradise for BOTH teams.” 34
Might Allāh ﷻ enable us to like these whom He loves, and to behave in a fashion that’s pleasing to Him in all occasions and locations. Āmīn.
FAQs:
Ought to one nonetheless quick if the really helpful day(s) occurs to be on a Friday or a Saturday?
Sure, one ought to nonetheless quick, even when which means fasting solely on a Friday or a Saturday. 35
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