Ashura Day Quotes and Messages…
Islamic New Year / Muharram is the month with which the Muslims begin their Hijrah Calendar. It marks the day when the new Hijri year begins and is on the day on which the year count is incremented. The first day of the year is observed on the first day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar.
Even though Muharram is a sanctified month as a whole, yet, the 10th day of Muharram is the most sacred among all its days. The day is named ‘Ashurah’. ‘Ashura is a religious observance marked every year by all Muslims all over the world. The word Ashura literally means “10th,” as it is on the 10th of Muharram.
The word Muharram itself means banned or forbidden, and the month is regarded as the second holiest after Ramadan. Even before the Prophet (saw) brought Islam to the Arabian Peninsula, warfare between the tribes of those lands was banned during Muharram.
“Verily, the number of months with Allah is twelve months (in a year), so it was ordained by Allah on the Day when He created the heavens and the earth; of them, four are sacred [(i.e. the first, the seventh, the 11th and the 12 months]. That is the right religion, so wrong not yourselves therein.” [Qur’an Surah al-Tawbah 9:36]
Based on numerous Hadith, scholars and interpreters unanimously agree that the four months are Muharram; Dhul Qa’dah (11th); Dhul Hijjah (12th), and Rajab (7th).
10 Muharram, or the day of Ashura, is the day when Allah saved Prophet Musa (A.S) and his people and drowns Pharaoh and his people. Thus the Prophet Musa (A.S) and his people used to fast on Ashura as a form of gratitude to Allah SWT. The Prophet SAW said that fasting on the day of Ashura can erase the minor sins that we committed in the past year.
Ashura Day is also commemorated as the day of the martyrdom of our Prophet’s beloved grandson, Iman Hussain (R.A), and his companions were mercilessly killed while fighting the tyranny of the Ummayad Caliph Yazid I at the Battle of Karbala.
Ashura Day Quotes and Messages
“The month of Muharram is the month of Allah.” – Rasulullah SAWW
“The best time to fast after Ramadan is Muharram” – Prophet Muhammad SAWW
“May Allah accept our fast on the day of Ashura and forgive the sins for the year that went before”.
In this holy month of Muharram, may Allah give you the strength to face all the challenges thrown in your way.
Let Us Believe In The Messenger Of Allah And Follow The Light Which Has Been Sent Down With Him! Have A Blessed Muharram
May all the praises and thanks be to Allah to whom belongs all that is in heavens and on the earth. Have a blessed Muharram.
“May Allah accept the deeds of those fasting on the blessed day of Ashura and may Allah give another chance to those who couldn’t.” – Sheekh Shibli
“Whoever provides spaciousness (goodness) for himself and his family on the day of Ashura or the tenth day of Muharram, then Allah will provide him with spaciousness throughout the year.” – Al-Baihaqi
“Ashura is the day in which truth prevailed over falsehood. Prophet Musa (Peace Be Upon Him) crossed the sea while Pharaoh drowned. The truth will always prevail.”
1444 years later and the legacy of Imam Hussain still lives on despite the many efforts of tyrants to destroy and bury his name. Truth will always prevail over falsehood
That the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Fasting the day of Ashura, I hope, will expiate for the sins of the previous year.”
From: Sunan Ibn Majah. Chapter 9, The Book of Fasting
Narrated/Authority of Abu Qatadah
Allah’s Apostle ordered (the Muslims) to fast on the day of Ashura, and when fasting in the month of Ramadan was prescribed, it became optional for one to fast on that day (Ashura) or not.
From: Sahih Bukhari. Chapter 31, Fasting
Narrated/Authority of Aisha
“I asked the Prophet: ‘Which Prayer is the best after the obligatory Prayers?’ He said:’Prayer during the mid of the night.’I asked: ‘Which fasting is the best after that of Ramadan?’ He said,’The month of Allah that you call Muharram’” (Sahih Muslim)
“Then We inspired to Moses, “Strike with your staff the sea,” and it parted, and each portion was like a great towering mountain. And We advanced thereto the pursuers. And We saved Moses and those with him, all together. Then We drowned the others. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers. And indeed, your Lord – He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.”
(Surah Ash Shu’arah, Verses 63-68)
