The Sunnah Regarding the Day of Ashura Sheikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said: “Nothing has been legislated for Ashura except fasting, by consensus of Muslim scholars.” [Jami’ Al-Masa’il 3/276] It is not from the religion of Muslims to make the day someone was killed into a day of mourning, and likewise taking it as a festival is an innovation. Everything that …
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