My family and I are going to fast tomorrow and on Monday Inshallah. Tomorrow is the 9th of Muharram in the US and the 10th is on Monday. Well, different places may differ but that’s what we are going with.
This is just a friendly reminder to those who would like to fast.
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Im sorry but y would u fast?
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thanks shikra for the reminder......inshAllah you'll get sawab for it. :)
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omg thnks for the reminder..totally wen over my hed..
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EMM Muharram is not just a month in which shia's fast....Muharram is one of the sacred months in Islam for all muslims..... for sunni's fasting during the 9th and 10th day of Muharram has great rewards.
"the best of fasting after Ramadan is Muharram" (muslim)
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"the best of fasting after Ramadan is Muharram" (muslim)
oh, thanx AE .. I didnt know that. You have to do both days or one day is enuff?
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it's a voluntary fast (one with great rewards)...so you can decide....do 1 or 2 (on the 9th or 10th of Muharram) or even more....up 2 u.
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hmm InshaAllah lets see what I can do tomorrow …
Thanx 
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You are very welcome 
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It’s not because of Muharram (Shahadat of Hazrat Imam Hassan or Hussain), this is going to be because of Prophet Moosa. Here’s some background:
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Those of you who live after my death will see many disputes. I urge you to adhere to my Sunnah and the sunnah of my rightly-guided successors (al-khulafa’ al-raashidoon) who come after me. Hold onto it as if biting it with your eyeteeth. Beware of newly-innovated matters, for every innovation is a going astray.” Neither the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) nor his rightly-guided successors (the khulafa’ al-raashidoon) did any of these things on the day of ‘Aashooraa’, they neither made it a day of mourning nor a day of celebration.
But “when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came to Madeenah, he saw the Jews fasting on the day of ‘Aashooraa’. He said, ‘What is this?’ They said, ‘This is the day when Allaah saved Moosa from drowning, so we fast on this day.’ He said, ‘We have more right to Moosa than you,’ so he fasted on that day and commanded [the Muslims] to fast on that day.”
Quraysh also used to venerate this day during the Jaahiliyyah. The day on which people were ordered to fast was just one day. When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) came to Madeenah it was Rabee’ al-Awwal, and the following year he fasted ‘Aashooraa’ and commanded the people to fast. Then in that year fasting in Ramadaan was made obligatory and fasting on ‘Aashooraa’ was abrogated. The scholars disputed as to whether fasting on that day (‘Aashooraa’) was waajib (obligatory) or mustahabb (encouraged). Of the two best known opinions, the more correct view is that it was waajib, then after that whoever fasted it did it because it was mustahabb. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not tell ordinary Muslims to fast on ‘Aashooraa’, but he used to say, “This is the day of ‘Aashooraa’; I am fasting on this day and whoever wishes to fast on this day may fast.” And he said: “Fasting on ‘Aashooraa’ expiates for the sins of one year and fasting on the day of ‘Arafaah expiates for the sins of two years.” When, towards the end of his life, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) heard that the Jews took the day of ‘Aashooraa’ as a festival, he said, “If I live until next year, I will certainly fast on the ninth” – to be different from the Jews, and not to resemble them in taking the day as a festival.
There were some of the Sahaabah and scholars who did not fast on this day and did not regard it as mustahabb, but thought it makrooh to single out this day for fasting. This was reported from a group of the Koofiyeen (scholars of Kufa). Some other scholars said that it was mustahabb to fast on this day. The correct view is that it is mustahabb for the one who fasts on ‘Aashooraa’ to fast on the ninth day [of Muharram] too, because this was the ultimate command of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), as he said: “If I live until next year, I will certainly fast on the ninth as well as the tenth.” This was reported with a variety of isnaads. This is what is prescribed in the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
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i already told her…
but thanks for extremely longgggggggg informative post 
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thanx shikki mawssii .. I really never knew that
Really appreciated :k:
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Thanks Angel Eyes. I wanted to give her the entire reason behind it and source if she needed to read more information.
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Thanks..for the reminder!
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awwww, i was actually thinking of fasting these last few days..I had no idea abt this though, but thanks for telling us :)
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i am fasting today
its the 10th
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^ NO today is 9th here
i m not fasting 2day... i forgot
Inshallah tomorrow i will
thanks Sikkiii 4 reminder
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You have to fast two days, because jews also fast on the 10th, and to differentiate you fast 9th and 10th.
jazakallah for the reminder.