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Everything You Need To Know About The Day of Ashura - Shaykh Ahmad Musa Jibril حفظه الله

Imam Hasan Al-Basri رحمه الله said:

"It will be presented to the son of Adam the moments of his life on the Day of Resurrection.

Every moment he did not do righteous deeds, his soul will break out of sorrow!"

[Hifdhul 'Umr: 63]

Virtues of fasting Ashurah (10 Muharram)

▫️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 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.


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Fasting on Ashura (10th Muharram)
-Reasons for encouraging fasting on Ashura

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