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741. An-Nu'mān bin Sa'd narrated: "A man asked 'Ali: 'Which month do you order me to fast after the month of Ramaḍān?' He said to him, 'I have not heard anyone ask about this except for a man whom I heard asking the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ while I was sitting with him. He said: "O Messenger of Allāh! Which month do you order me to fast after the month of Ramaḍān?" He said: "If you will fast after the month of Ramaḍān, then fast Al-Muḥarram, for indeed it is Allāh's month in which there is a day that Allāh accepted the repentance of a people, and in which He accepts the repentance of other people." (Da'if)
Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb.
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The attribution of Muḥarram to Allāh is to express its nobility, virtuousness and significance and it is one of the four inviolable months, it is the first month of the lunar calendar. On the 10th [the day of 'Āshūrā] of this month Allāh delivered the children of Israel from the oppression of Pharaoh while destroying Pharaoh and his army. So the Prophet would fast on the day of 'Āshūrā and would also urge others to do so, and later he encouraged fasting the 9th along with the 10th when doing so.
