Sahih al-Bukhari 3831
The days of Pre-Islamic Period of Ignorance
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حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى قَالَ هِشَامٌ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ
كَانَ عَاشُورَاءُ يَوْمًا تَصُومُهُ قُرَيْشٌ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَصُومُهُ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ صَامَهُ وَأَمَرَ بِصِيَامِهِ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ رَمَضَانُ كَانَ مَنْ شَاءَ صَامَهُ وَمَنْ شَاءَ لاَ يَصُومُهُ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Musaddad
- Yaḥyá
- Hishām
- my father
- ʿĀʾishah
'Ashura' (i.e. the tenth of Muharram) was a day on which the tribe of Quraish used to fast in the prelslamic period of ignorance. The Prophet ﷺ also used to fast on this day. So when he migrated to Medina, he fasted on it and ordered (the Muslims) to fast on it. When the fasting of Ramadan was enjoined, it became optional for the people to fast or not to fast on the day of Ashura.
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