Reminders for myself

What we know from this:

-What is most preferred to is fasting on 9th and 10th

-One can fast on 10th alone and it is NOT makrooh (disliked)

-There is no daleel for fasting on 11th.

-Some scholars say it's mustahab to fast on 11th as well and they say it's to be on safe side due to any possibility of error in calculation of Hijri date. And due to this it's not declared as a bid'ah.

Allah knows best.

It is attributed to ‘Abd-ul-Lāh ibn ‘Abbās that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said:

مَنِ اكْتَحَلَ بالإِثْمَدِ يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ لَمْ يَرْمَدْ أَبَدًا

“Whoever applies kuḥl with iṫhmid [a stone used to produce kuḥl] on the day of ‘Āshūrā’ will never suffer a sore eye ever.”

📌 This is a fabrication.

It is attributed to Abū Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said:

مَنِ اغْتَسَلَ يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ لَمْ يَمْرَضْ مَرَضًا إِلا مَرَضَ الْمَوْتِ

“Whoever performs ġusl on the day of ‘Āshūrā’ will never become sick, except by the sickness of death.”

📌 This is a fabrication.

It is attributed to Abū Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said:

مَنْ وَسَّعَ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ وَأَهْلِهِ يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ وَسَّعَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ سَائِرَ سَنَتِهِ

“Whoever is generous to himself and to his family on the day of ‘Āshūrā’, Allāh will be generous to him for the remainder of his year.”

Al-Bayhaqī, after reporting this ḥadīth by way of a number of chains, said, “These chains, although they are weak, if they are coupled to each other they take strength. And Allāh knows best.”

Other scholars, however, disagreed.

Aḥmad said, “This ḥadīth is not ṣaḥīḥ.”

Al-‘Uqyalī said, “This ḥadīth is not maḥfūṭh [meaning known and accepted by the scholars of ḥadīth], and it is not established from the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) in any musnad ḥadīth.”

Ad-Dāraquṭnī said, “It is munkar.”

Ibn Taymiyyah said, “It is a fabricated lie against the Prophet (ﷺ).”

And similarly, Shaykh al-Albānī, after quoting what al-Bayhaqī said concerning this narration, he said, “The condition of strengthening is non-existent here, which is: free from severe weakness.” He then went to clarify how each chain had a severe weakness.

Abu Ubadah, Harith Yarub Al-Shiraida

August 21, 2020 / 2 Muḥarram 1442

فَٱسۡتَمۡسِكۡ بِٱلَّذِيٓ أُوحِيَ إِلَيۡكَۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطࣲ مُّسۡتَقِيمࣲ

هَٰٓأَنتُمۡ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ تُدۡعَوۡنَ لِتُنفِقُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَمِنكُم مَّن يَبۡخَلُۖ وَمَن يَبۡخَلۡ فَإِنَّمَا يَبۡخَلُ عَن نَّفۡسِهِۦۚ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلۡغَنِيُّ وَأَنتُمُ ٱلۡفُقَرَآءُۚ وَإِن تَتَوَلَّوۡاْ يَسۡتَبۡدِلۡ قَوۡمًا غَيۡرَكُمۡ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُونُوٓاْ أَمۡثَٰلَكُم

English - Sahih International

Here you are - those invited to spend in the cause of Allāh - but among you are those who withhold [out of greed]. And whoever withholds only withholds [benefit] from himself; and Allāh is the Free of need, while you are the needy. And if you turn away [i.e., refuse], He will replace you with another people; then they will not be the likes of you.

English - Tafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

<h2>Showing the Triviality of the Worldly Life and encouraging Spending</h2>

﴾إِنَّمَا الْحَيَوةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ﴿

A person leaves the masjid while others are still praying.

You greet someone with salām, and they do not respond.

Many people immediately assume:

“She must be unrelated to him.”

“He does not care about prayer.”

“He ignored my salām out of arrogance.”

But what if:

The woman is his wife, sister, or maḥram.

The person already prayed and is leaving after finishing a need.

The other person simply did not hear your greeting.

How many times have we judged a story after seeing only a single moment of it?

One of the righteous said:

“If I saw my brother doing something that appeared wrong, I would first look for an excuse for him before accusing him.”

The reality is that a person often struggles to know the sincerity of his own intentions. So how can he claim to know the intentions hidden in the hearts of others?

Most of the time, you see only what is apparent. You do not know what came before it. You do not know what comes after it. And you certainly do not know what is in the heart.

Therefore, think well of people whenever possible.

Look for excuses before accusations. And do not rush to build judgments upon assumptions. For a believer protects the honour of others just as he protects his own honour.

Many hearts have been wounded by assumptions. Many relationships have been destroyed because people chose suspicion over understanding. And many people have been judged unfairly by those who saw one scene and imagined the rest of the story.

Not everything is as it appears.

And not every thought that enters your mind deserves to become a judgment against another Muslim.

A sincere heart looks for reasons to think well of others. An arrogant heart looks for reasons to think badly of them.

Which heart are you nurturing?