صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب الصومBook of Fasting
باب صوم التطوع - ذكر البيان بأن الفرض على المسلمين قبل رمضان كان صوم عاشوراء
Chapter on Voluntary Fasting - Clarifying that fasting Ashura was obligatory before Ramadan
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Hadith 3621
أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ : " كَانَ يَوْمُ عَاشُورَاءَ يَوْمًا تَصُومُهُ قُرَيْشٌ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمَدِينَةَ ، صَامَهُ وَأَمَرَ بِصِيَامِهِ ، فَلَمَّا فُرِضَ رَمَضَانُ ، كَانَ هُوَ الْفَرِيضَةَ ، وَتُرِكَ يَوْمُ عَاشُورَاءَ ، فَمَنْ شَاءَ صَامَ ، وَمَنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَهُ " .
Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The day of Ashura was a day on which the Quraysh used to fast during the period of ignorance. When the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Madinah, he fasted on this day and ordered fasting on this day. When Ramadan was made obligatory, then that (fast) became obligatory and the day of Ashura was abandoned. So whoever wished would fast on (the day of Ashura), and whoever wished would leave it.
