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1614. It was narrated from Ḥumaid bin 'Abdur-Raḥmân – that is Ibn 'Awf, that Abû Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'The best fasting after the month of Ramaḍân is the month of Allâh, Al-Muḥarram, and the best prayer after the obligatory prayer is prayer at night.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)
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The attribution of the month of the inviolable Muharram to Allâh, Most High, was due to the fact that it is the first month of the year and it is the month of inviolability. Its fast means the fast of Ashura. Some people have understood it to mean fast in general.