Fasting of Aashura its benefits;the different levels of fasting and Prophet follow the Jews in this practice or was he divinely istructed?

                All praise is due to Allah, may peace, salutation and the blessing be upon the prophet Muhammad (ﷺ), his entire family, his companions and those that follow their footsteps with righteous until the last day. Indeed, Muharram is a significance in live of Muslims from the number of diverse perspectives and as such should reflect on it importance in our lives. So that we able to extract from the month from the opportunity that has given us in this month the maximum benefit because as a Muslim should always be keen, eager, committed looking for maximum benefit that we can take from each and every aspect our lives because on the day of judgment when we are resurrected we will be ask about our lives and how we spend these lives.

              Allah (S.W.T) give us guidance in surah: “indeed the number of months is twelve with Allah recoded in the book of Allah from the day he created the heaven and earth four of them are secret that is accordant with the true religion so do not wrong yourselves them.” (Quran suratul tawba verse 36)

               Furthermore, He choose the four month to be secret with special characteristics distinguishing them from the other months as it off cost cause Allah’s will to distinguishing days, year etc.  He make distinctions which ultimately ways and means for him to spread his grace on the believers to give them opportunity to earn additional reward for the same things they do in other places, other  times etc. this is from his mercy and it is important to understand from his mercy.

BENEFIT OF ASHURA

               Firstly, Allah choose among it days, one day which will have an additional rewards that days is day knows as Ashura the 10^th of this month al Muharram prophet (ﷺ) said: “For fasting the day of ‘Ashura’, I hope that Allah will accept it as expiation for the year that went before.” (Muslim 1976)

               Secondly, scholars did clarified this point of forgiveness of sins, this is in fact  reference to the minor sins of the precious year as Arafah forgive the sins of the year to come it refers to the minor sins major sins required their expiations do what Allah has prescribed us to do to remove that from us or seeking his forgiveness in particular and this Ashura fasting this day remove the sins of the previous year  but has we spoke of about Ramadan removing an expiating sins between in Ramadan to Ramadan, that only happens when we fast in accordant to the way of prophet (ﷺ) not the fast we have traditionally done according to  what we have inherited from our four fathers, customs of our countries.

               Thirdly, other days we spoke of Monday, Thursday, three days, 13, 14 and 15 those are the days of the four moon the fasting of those days only benefit according to the same principle. Fasting is a way of life, its strengthen our wills to obey Allah, this is what we said is one the core benefit of fasting because is a month which focuses the remembrance of Allah; when we give up what halal for the Seek of Allah for those day light hours of the Ramadan that is supposed to strength to be able to be more consistently give up what is haram, what Allah has declare forbidden   that is the goal or intend we need it all year long.

DIFFERENT LEVEL OF FASTING

               There are different types of prescribed prophet (ﷺ) which as follow:

      Al-muharram ( that is: Ashura you can choose 3 days: 9^th, 10^th and 11^th;

      Ramadan

      10^th of dhul hijjah

      Shaban (i.e. Mondays and Thursdays 13^th, 14^th and 15^th of every month of the lunar calendar out of them solar calendar this is about the third of the month we spend on fasting this is way of the prophet (ﷺ).  He consistently fasted)

      Shawwal  (fasting six days during Shawwal)

      Arafah (fasting on the standing day of Arafah) etc.

               there are  among the great of paradise is a gate which would only entered by those who regularly fast not those who do Ramadan al-rayd, those who have understood the goal of Ramadan and made it part and pursued of their lives. This month an extract reminder is their idhul-Hijjah, Arafah. The shawwal  we had the six days Allah lives scared in the rest of the year  make fasting a way of life. Fasting in Ramadan is rewarded greater then fasting in any other month but after Ramadan is al-muharram. It is not recorded that you fast the all month of al-muharram not authentically there are fabricated hadiths. We know prophet (ﷺ) recommended fasting in every week two days.

DID PROPHET FOLLOW THE JEWS PRACTICE

                 Ashura the 10^th is the highly recommended day for fasting prophet (ﷺ) said: “fast on the day of Ashura but contradict the way of the Jews, fast before it a day along with it and after it a day” so we are encourage too fast 9th, 10^th or 10^th the 11^th. Fasting on the 10^th according Ibn Abbas (PBUH) narrated: “came to Madina and saw the Jews this day said, ‘what is this is righteous day. It is the Allah (S.W.T) save Israel their enemies, musa fasted on this day: He said. We have more right to musa than you; so he fast this day and commanded [Muslim] to fast on that day. (Al-Bukhari 1865) Prophet (ﷺ) prescribed its fasting in Makah because it origin are in revelation when he when Madina. prophet (ﷺ) re affirmed that as they obligatory day for fasting for Muslims until the coming of revelation for  Ramadan when made obligatory then that day shifted to highly recommended. What we should note from this; prophet (ﷺ) while prescribing this day of fasting did remind us to distinguish ourselves from the acts of the non-Muslims we ourselves prophet (ﷺ) keep reminding us distinguish ourselves from them.

                 In conclusion, fasting help us the Muslims Fasting is a way of life, its strengthen our wills to obey Allah, this is what we said is one the core benefit of fasting because is a month which focuses the remembrance of Allah; when we give up what halal for the Seek of Allah for those day light hours of the Ramadan that is supposed to strength to be able to be more consistently give up what is haram, what Allah has declare forbidden   that is the goal or intend we need it all year long.  I ask Allah to bring us back to the way of prophet (ﷺ) to implement its guidance throughout our entire lives to give us the reward of the fast, of Ashura on the day before and the day after; I ask Allah to give us our sins, disobedience and our negligence; I ask Allah to keep us to the straight path and leave this world   firmly believing in him and worship.

Jazakallahu khair.

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