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Muharram and Ashura

The new Hijri year and the fast of Ashura, as the sources answer them.

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Questions in this season

  1. Is this a sound hadith from Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): "Whoever recites Surat al-Ikhlas a thousand times on the Day of Ashura, the Most Merciful will look upon him, and whoever the Most Merciful looks upon, He will never punish him"? And are there any specific adhkar for the Day of Ashura that have a particular virtue?

  2. Why did the Prophet (peace be upon him) command the fasting of the Day of Ashura in gratitude to Allah for saving Musa, yet he did not command the fasting of other days that witnessed the salvation of prophets such as Nuh, Ibrahim, and Isa (peace be upon them)?

  3. Is it permissible to beat one's chest on the Day of Ashura and other days, by analogy with Jacob's grief over Joseph?

  4. Is it permissible to wail over (the martyrdom of) Husayn, based on what was reported regarding the Prophet's (peace be upon him) wailing over him?

  5. What is the ruling on a woman returning to her divorced husband who is an innovator (mubtadi') when there is a child between them?

  6. Is it true that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not know about the Day of Ashura until late in his life, and that he did not fast on the ninth (Tasua) after learning about it?

  7. What is the meaning of "prize" linguistically and terminologically, and what is the legal basis in Islamic law for competition prizes?

  8. What is the ruling on fasting the day of Ashura if it falls on a Saturday?

  9. Were the jurisprudential rulings (recommended, disliked, permissible, impermissible, emphasized Sunnah, neutral/Mubah) present as terms or concepts during the era of Abu Bakr and Umar, such that they determined reward and punishment based upon them?

  10. Is it permissible to wail over (the martyrdom of) Husayn?

  11. How is the Day of Judgment determined if Friday, the 10th of Muharram, varies in time between countries due to time differences?

  12. Is the day of Ashura, which we fast, not the correct day, and that it is the tenth day of the month of Tishrei according to the Hebrew calendar, which the Umayyad caliphs changed to the tenth day of the month of Muharram?