⚠️ Two Important Notices:
3 July 2025 • 8.69K views
First Notice:
The most complete way to fast ʿĀshūrā’ is by fasting on the ninth (tomorrow -> Friday) along with the tenth (Saturday).
As for fasting on the eleventh day (Sunday), the ḥadīth regarding it is weak. It was narrated by Aḥmad, Ibn Khuzaymah, and Al-Bayhaqī from the narration of Ibn ʿAbbās, and it contains two flaws:
First flaw: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdirraḥmān ibn Abī Laylā — trustworthy but of poor memory.
Second flaw: Dāwūd ibn ʿAlī Al-Hāshimī — deemed acceptable (maqbūl) (1).
Second Notice:
This year, the day of ʿĀshūrā’ falls on a Saturday. It is permissible to fast it alone or along with the day before it (Tāsūʿā’, the ninth). As for the ḥadīth:
((لَا تَصُومُوا يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ إِلَّا فِي مَا افْتُرِضَ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَّا لِحَاءَ عِنَبَةٍ أَوْ عُودَ شَجَرَةٍ فَلْيَمْضَغْهُ)).
"Do not fast on Saturday except for what has been made obligatory upon you. And if one of you finds nothing but the bark of a grapevine or a tree branch, let him chew it," this ḥadīth is weak.
It was narrated by Aḥmad, Abū Dāwūd, At-Tirmidhī, and An-Nasā’ī in Al-Kubrā from the narration of ʿAbdullāh ibn Busr. Mālik said, “This is a lie,” and An-Nasā’ī stated, “This is a contradictory (muḍṭarib) ḥadīth.”
✍🏼 Abū ʿAmmār Yāsir Al-ʿAdanī
Masjid Al-Istiqqāmah – Al-Mukallā
8th of Muḥarram, 1447 AH
Source:
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(1) Accepted according to Al-Ḥāfiẓ’s terminology in At-Taqrīb as a form of criticism (jarḥ), meaning the ḥadīth is weak (layyin Al-ḥadīth) unless it is corroborated. [Benefit from Abul Hasan Ali Australi]