صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الصيام
The Book of Fasting
باب صَوْمِ يَوْمِ عَاشُورَاءَ:
Chapter: Fasting on the day of Ashura'
Hadith 1129
This hadith is listed as number 2653 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ خَطِيبًا بِالْمَدِينَةِ يَعْنِي فِي قَدْمَةٍ قَدِمَهَا خَطَبَهُمْ يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ ، فَقَالَ : أَيْنَ عُلَمَاؤُكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ ؟ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لِهَذَا الْيَوْمِ : " هَذَا يَوْمُ عَاشُورَاءَ ، وَلَمْ يَكْتُبْ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ صِيَامَهُ ، وَأَنَا صَائِمٌ ، فَمَنْ أَحَبَّ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَصُومَ فَلْيَصُمْ ، وَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُفْطِرَ فَلْيُفْطِرْ " ،
Abdul Rahman reported that he heard Mu'awiyahh bin Abu Sufyan (RA) delivering a sermon in Madinah. i. e. when he came there (for Hajj). He delivered a sermon on the day of 'Ashura and said: People of Madinah, where are your scholars? I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say on this very day: It is the day of 'Ashura. Allah has not made fasting on This day obligatory for you but I am fasting. He who likes to observe fast among you should do so, and he who likes not to observe it may not observe it.
