Fasting (Roza) is generally greatly rewarding for Muslims, but fasting on events like Ashura is doubly worthwhile.The Prophet is known to have fast on the day of Ashura and hence, many Muslims all over the world also observe this practice. So, since the first day was 11 September, the day of Ashura this year should be 21 September. Ashura 2019: Fasting on the day of Ashura - is it customary to fast for Ashura? Fasting on Muharram 10, known as the Day of 'Ashura', expiates for the sins of the past year. Then he said: Fasting the day of ‘Arafaah is an expiation for two years, and the day of ‘Ashoora is an expiation for one year, and if a person’s Ameen coincides with the Ameen of … When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived in Madinah in 622 CE, he found that the Jews there fasted on Muharram 10 and asked them the reason for their fasting on this day. Ashura falls on the 10th day of the first month of the Islamic calendar, which is Muharram. However, Sunni Muslims may … Ashura Fasting.

MUHARRAM is the first month of the Islamic calendar and Muslims around the world are observing this holy month. Although fasting during the month of Ramadan is considered obligatory by many Muslims, fasting is not compulsory during Ashura. Fasting the day of ‘Arafaah expiates for all minor sins, in othr words this brings forgiveness for all sins except for major sins. Ruling on Fasting Only on the Day of 'Ashura' Shaykh ul-Islam said: "Fasting on the day of 'Ashura' is an expiation for a year, and it is not makruh to fast only that day … "[Al-Fatawa al-Kubra, part 5] In Tuhfat al-Muhtaj by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami, it says: "There is nothing wrong with fasting only on 'Ashura'."