مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الصوم
The Book of Fasting
(لَا تَتْرُكُوا أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْيَاءَ، قَوْلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ)
(The Prophet’s ﷺ instruction not to leave four things)
Hadith 2070
وَعَنْ حَفْصَةَ قَالَتْ: أَرْبَعٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَدَعُهُنَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «صِيَامُ عَاشُورَاءَ وَالْعَشْرِ وَثَلَاثَةُ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ وَرَكْعَتَانِ قبل الْفجْر» . رَوَاهُ النَّسَائِيّ
Hafsa said there were four things the Prophet never omitted:fasting on ‘Ashura’, the first ten days of Dhul Hijja* and three days every month, and praying two rak'as before dawn. *The Arabic has simply 'the ten', to be understood as translated above. Nasa’i transmitted it.
