05/07/2025
Ibn Abbas (رضي الله عنه) reported:
The Prophet (ﷺ) came to Medina and saw the Jews fasting on Ashura.
He asked, "What is this?"
They said, "This is a righteous day—Allah saved Musa and the Children of Israel from their enemy on it, so Musa fasted it."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "We have more right to Musa than you," so he fasted it and ordered the Muslims to fast it.
— Sahih al-Bukhari (2004)
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