Friday, January 14, 2011

Three White Days for Safar

Assalaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu,


InshaAllah the three white days (13, 14, and 15) for the month of Safar will be from this Monday, January 17th - Wednesday, January 19th. 

The Prophet (S) said, "The best fasting after Ramadan is the month of Muharram, and the best prayer after the obligatory prayer is the prayer at night." [Muslim]. Therefore, in addition to fasting the three white days, try and fast as many other days as you can :)

Jareer ibn ‘Abdullaah (rAa) narrated that the Prophet (PBUH) said: “Fasting three days of each month is fasting for a lifetime, and ayaam al-beed are the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth." [Al-Nasaa'i; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheel al-Targheeb]

Qatada ibn Milhan said, "The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) used to command us to fast the white days: the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth." [Abu Dawud]

Ibn 'Abbas said, "The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) did not fail to fast the white days either when at home or on a journey." [an-Nasa'i]

*****There is a yahoo group titled 'ThreeWhiteDays' that will send email reminders of when these days will be observed for each month.

fi'imanilLah,
Wafā' وفاء Manasrah 

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