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Regarding Not Fasting During The Ten (Days of Dhul-Hijjah)

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Darussalam · Volume 3

14. THE BOOK OF FASTING

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 2439 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 325

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2439. 'Aishah said: "I never saw the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ fasting during the (first) ten (days of Dhul-Hijjah)." (Saḥīḥ)

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2439 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: «مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَائِمًا الْعَشْرَ قَطُّ»

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What is popularly known as the 'ten days of Dhul-Hijjah' in fact means the first nine days of that month. It is among the most desirable acts of devotion to observe fasts in these nine days.