Narrated `Aisha:
(The tribe of) Quraish used to fast on the day of Ashura' in the Pre-Islamic period, and then Allah's Apostle ordered (Muslims) to fast on it till the fasting in the month of Ramadan was prescribed; whereupon the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He who wants to fast (on 'Ashura') may fast, and he who does not want to fast may not fast."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 1893 |
In-book reference | : Book 30, Hadith 3 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 3, Book 31, Hadith 117 |
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