Muharram
What is Muharram referred to as in English?
The Month of Allah
What is the best month for fasting voluntary fast after Ramadan?
Muharam
What is the first month in the Islamic calendar
Muharram
What Day in Muharram does Ashura fall on in the Islamic calendar
The 10th
Where does the word “Ashura” originate from?
The number 10 in Arabic (Ashra)
By fasting on the 10th of Muharram what reword do we get?
Our minor sins of the previous year will be forgiven
Which other group of people used to regard Muharram as a very sacred month?
The Jews
Which Islamic year has just begun?
1445
True or False : Comitting sins in Muharram or sacred month is the same as doing them in the other months
False
Due to its sacredness, any bad deeds done during the sacred months are WORSE than in other months.
Qutaadah said concerning the ayah (so wrong not yourselves therein…) that “Wrongdoing during the sacred months is more serious and more sinful that wrongdoing at any other time. Wrongdoing at any time is a serious matter, but Allaah gives more weight to whichever of His commands He wants….” (Tafseer Ibn Katheer)
Why do we fast on Ashura
It is for the savings of the believers
Explain what happened with the months Muharram and Ramadan the first and second year of Islam
In the first year of Islam fasting was made mandatory in Muharram & Ramadan was the month of voluntary fast. But in the second year of Islam it was switched to be ramadan the mandatory month of fasting & Muharram the voluntary month of fasting
Do we fast the 10th of Muharram because Hussein (RA) was killed?
No it is a conicedence that it happens to fall on the same day
Name the 4 Sacred Months
Muharram, Rajab, Dhul Qadah, Dhul Hijjah
What did the prophet say he would do if he were to live the next year? (He died the following year)
He said he would have fasted the 9th and the 10th of Muharram instead of just the 10th
True or False: Fasting on Ashura used to be Mandatory
True
What happened on the day of Ashura of Muharram
Musa (AS) got saved from the pharoah
Nuh (AS) ship landed on mount Judi
What historical tragedy happened on the 10th of Muharram aswell?
Death of Hussein (RA)
12
Which prophet ship settled on Mount Judi on the 10th of Muharram
Prophet Nuh (AS)
Which person was drowned and killed on the 10th of Muhurram
Evil King Pharoah
Besides “The month of Allah” what is another name for Muharram?
Shahruallah
What’s the main reason behind fasting on the 9th and 10th or 10th and 11th of Muharram
To differentiate from the Jews as they only fast on the 10th
Who Established the Islamic Calendar?
Umar (RA)
What does the name Muharram mean
Sacred
Name a wrong tradition associated with the Day of Ashura witch have nothing to do with shariah
martyrdom of Husain, RA.
Some other people attribute the sanctity of Aashooraa to the martyrdom of Husain, RA. No doubt, the story of Husain, RA is one of the most tragic episodes of our history. Yet, the sanctity of ‘Ashura’ cannot be ascribed to this event for the simple reason that the sanctity of ‘Ashura’ was established during the days of the Prophet (pbuh) , much earlier than the birth of his grandson Husain.