What is the ruling on fasting the entire month of al-Muharram and what are the sacred months?
Question:
"From his questions Oh virtuous Shaykh is that he is asking about fasting the entire month of al-Muharram. Can it be fasted entirely, why is it called al-Muharram and what are the sacred months?"
Answer:
"The month of al-Muharram is a great month. And it is from the sacred months in which Allah has prohibited fighting. And they are Dhu'l-Qi'dah, Dhu'l-Hijjah and al-Muharram, three are consecutive and the month of Rajab is on its own.
Allah, Exalted is He, says:
{Indeed, the number of months with Allah is twelve [lunar] months in the register of Allah [from] the day He created the heavens and the earth; of these, four are sacred.} [Surah at-Tawbah 36]
Meaning Allah has prohibited fighting in them. And they are these months and from them is the month of al-Muharram. And verily he (the Prophet), may Allah send peace and blessings upon him, said: "The best of fasting after Ramadan is fasting Allah's month al-Muharram or the one which you call al-Muharram." [Reported by Muslim]
What is apparent from the hadeeth is that there is no problem in fasting it entirely, or one fasts the majority and the most of it. And the most established from it are the ninth and tenth. In it is the day of 'Aashooraa' (on the tenth). One fasts 'Aashooraa' and a day before or a day after it as the Prophet, may Allah send peace and blessings upon him, has ordered."
Shaykh Saalih bin Fawzaan Al-Fawzaan, may Allah preserve him
Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.
Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.
Source: www.alfawzan.af.org.sa
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"From his questions Oh virtuous Shaykh is that he is asking about fasting the entire month of al-Muharram. Can it be fasted entirely, why is it called al-Muharram and what are the sacred months?"
Answer:
"The month of al-Muharram is a great month. And it is from the sacred months in which Allah has prohibited fighting. And they are Dhu'l-Qi'dah, Dhu'l-Hijjah and al-Muharram, three are consecutive and the month of Rajab is on its own.
Allah, Exalted is He, says:
{Indeed, the number of months with Allah is twelve [lunar] months in the register of Allah [from] the day He created the heavens and the earth; of these, four are sacred.} [Surah at-Tawbah 36]
Meaning Allah has prohibited fighting in them. And they are these months and from them is the month of al-Muharram. And verily he (the Prophet), may Allah send peace and blessings upon him, said: "The best of fasting after Ramadan is fasting Allah's month al-Muharram or the one which you call al-Muharram." [Reported by Muslim]
What is apparent from the hadeeth is that there is no problem in fasting it entirely, or one fasts the majority and the most of it. And the most established from it are the ninth and tenth. In it is the day of 'Aashooraa' (on the tenth). One fasts 'Aashooraa' and a day before or a day after it as the Prophet, may Allah send peace and blessings upon him, has ordered."
Shaykh Saalih bin Fawzaan Al-Fawzaan, may Allah preserve him
Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.
Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.
Source: www.alfawzan.af.org.sa
Use the player below or download the MP3 here.
السؤال: من اسئلته يا فضيلة الشيخ يسال عن صيام شهر المحرم كاملا
هل يصام ولماذا سمي بالمحرم وما هي الاشهر الحرم؟
الجواب: شهرالمحرم شهر معظم وهو من الاشهر الحرم التي حرم الله فيها القتال. وهي ذوالقعدة وذوالحجة والمحرم. ثلاثة سرد وشهر رجب شهر فرد. قال تعالى
إِنَّ عِدَّةَ الشُّهُورِ عِندَ اللَّهِ اثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ مِنْهَا أَرْبَعَةٌ حُرُمٌ ۚ [سورة التوبة 36
اي: حرم الله فيها القتال وهي هذه الاشهر ومنها شهرالمحرم. وقد قال صلى الله عليه وسلم
.افضل الصيام بعد رمضان شهرالله المحرم او الذي تدعونه المحرم
(رواه مسلم)
ظاهرالحديث انه لا باس ان يصام كاملا او يصام غالبه و اكثره
واكده التاسع والعاشر. فيه عاشوراء. يصام يوم عاشوراء ويصام يوم قبله او يوم بعده كما امرالنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بذلك
هل يصام ولماذا سمي بالمحرم وما هي الاشهر الحرم؟
الجواب: شهرالمحرم شهر معظم وهو من الاشهر الحرم التي حرم الله فيها القتال. وهي ذوالقعدة وذوالحجة والمحرم. ثلاثة سرد وشهر رجب شهر فرد. قال تعالى
إِنَّ عِدَّةَ الشُّهُورِ عِندَ اللَّهِ اثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ مِنْهَا أَرْبَعَةٌ حُرُمٌ ۚ [سورة التوبة 36
اي: حرم الله فيها القتال وهي هذه الاشهر ومنها شهرالمحرم. وقد قال صلى الله عليه وسلم
.افضل الصيام بعد رمضان شهرالله المحرم او الذي تدعونه المحرم
(رواه مسلم)
ظاهرالحديث انه لا باس ان يصام كاملا او يصام غالبه و اكثره
واكده التاسع والعاشر. فيه عاشوراء. يصام يوم عاشوراء ويصام يوم قبله او يوم بعده كما امرالنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بذلك