Fasting the first nine days of Dhul-Hijjah

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Questioner: Likewise, regarding the [first] ten days [of Dhul-Hijjah], many people fast from their beginning through to [and not including] the tenth day; so is there any [authentic] proof to confirm that [practice]?

Shaykh: «There are no days during which righteous deeds…» – al-Bukhaaree, Abu Daawood
and Ibn Maajah. Have you heard this hadeeth [before]?

Questioner: Yes, I have heard it.

Shaykh: Is fasting a righteous deed, or not?

Questioner: Yes [it is a righteous deed].

Shaykh: Is fasting a righteous deed, or not?

Questioner: Yes…yes [it is a righteous deed].

Shaykh: Is it a righteous deed?

Questioner: Yes [it is a righteous deed].

Shaykh: In that case, it is included [in the hadeeth].


Download: Virtues of the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah

- from London, UK. He is a graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having graduated from the Institute of Arabic Language, and later the Faculty of Sharee'ah in 2004.

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