silyas

salaam,

I would like to ask the sheikh if it is haram to celebrate ashuraa or muharam?
Are they any guidlelines regarding what to do, or what not to do in this month?

w/salam

Little Charities

The Muharram Series 1

Muharram: The Month of Allah

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) said “The best of fast after Ramadaan is in the month of Allah - 'Muharram' and the best of prayer after the obligatory prayer is prayer during night.” [Saheeh Muslim]

THE MOST VIRTUOUS DAY OF THIS MONTH

The most virtuous day of this month is the day of Ashoorah - the tenth of Muharram. It is reported in Saheeh al-Bukharee, when Allah's Messenger (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) came to Madeenah, he saw the Jews fasting on the day of Ashoorah. He said: 'What is this?' They said: 'This is the day when Allah saved Moosa from drowning, so we fast on this day.' Then he said: “We have more right to Moosa than you.” So he (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) fasted on this day and advised the Muslims to do the same.

Points to be remembered on Muharram

 It is recommended for the Muslim Ummah to fast both the tenth and the ninth of Muharram since Allah's Messenger (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) fasted the tenth and intended to fast the ninth.

 Another important thing to be understood here is that voluntary fasts are expiation for minor sin, as long as one completely refrains from major sins and is always cautious about minor sins. Some people who are deceived rely greatly on voluntary worships (like the day of Ashoorah or the day of Arafat) - to the extent that commit sins believing fasintg on one day will be enough!

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Little drops of water
Little grains of sand
make the mighty ocean
and the pleasant land

Perhaps there is no appropriate time to recall this poem I learnt at school than today! Simple and yet so profound. The power of little.

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The Muharram Series 2

Death of Husain bin Ali

Indeed, the death of al-Husain Ibn Ali (radhi allahu anhu) was a tragic event in the Muslim history. However, it should be treated like any other tragedy, like that occurred in the past of those who were martyred at Badr, Uhud and later battles.

To commemorate a certain day or days of mourning is not sanctioned by Islam - such practices show ignorance. Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) is reported to have said: “There is no man who suffers a calamity, and when he is remembered it, even if it is old, he says: ‘Inna lillahi wa Inna ilaihi raji’oon’ 'Truly to Allah we belong and truly to Him we shall return.' Allah will give him reward equal to the reward He gave him on the day he suffered the calamity.” [Musnad Ahmad and Ibn Majah]

Hussain is the narrator of this report and it is communicated by Fatima (radhi allahu anha) who herself was present at Karbala.

But Shaitan made the opposite attractive to those who are misled; they grieve and wail, recite poems of grief and narrate stories filled with lies. All of which is prohibited in Islaam.

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Little drops of water
Little grains of sand
make the mighty ocean
and the pleasant land

Perhaps there is no appropriate time to recall this poem I learnt at school than today! Simple and yet so profound. The power of little.

Little Charities

Little Charities

The Muharram Series 3

Bidahs common on Ashura

There are two groups, one who rejoices on Ashura and another who wails.

THE TWO EXTREMES

Rejoicing
Wearing kohl, taking a bath (ghusl), wearing henna, shaking hands with one another, cooking grains (hubub), paying zakat on this day and so on.


Ignorance
Grieving and mourning, going without anything to drink, eulogizing and wailing and rending their garments?


‘An ignorant, wrongful group – who were either heretics and hypocrites, or misguided and misled – made a show of allegiance to him and the members of his household, so they took the day of `Ashura’ as a day of mourning and wailing, in which they openly displayed the rituals of jahiliyyah such as slapping their cheeks and rending their garments, grieving in the manner of the jahiliyyah…

Ashura is NOT an Eid
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah replied to these acts as: ‘Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. Nothing to that effect has been reported in any saheeh hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) or from his Companions.


These people took the day of `Ashura’ as a festival like Eid, whereas the others took it as a day of mourning. Both are wrong, and both go against the Sunnah, even though the other group (those who take it as a day of mourning) are worse in intention and more ignorant and more plainly wrong… Neither the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) nor his successors (the khulafa’ al-rashidun) did any of these things on the day of `Ashura’, they neither made it a day of mourning nor a day of celebration…

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Little drops of water
Little grains of sand
make the mighty ocean
and the pleasant land

Perhaps there is no appropriate time to recall this poem I learnt at school than today! Simple and yet so profound. The power of little.

Little Charities

Saynab

Assalamu Alaykum

I heard that you can either fast on the 9th and 10th or the 10th and 11th, is this true?

Little Charities

Yes insha Allaah.

Fasting can be either on 9th or on 11th, along with the fasting of the 10th Ashoora.

Preferance is given to Tashooل i.e. the 9th.

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Little drops of water
Little grains of sand
make the mighty ocean
and the pleasant land

Perhaps there is no appropriate time to recall this poem I learnt at school than today! Simple and yet so profound. The power of little.

Little Charities

Saynab

A/S

Jazakallah kair