What is the time limit to spend on ones family on the day of Aashura?

Q. What is the time limit to spend on ones family on the day of Aashura? Is it the Islamic day and night of the 10^th of Muharram or is it the 9^th, 10^th or 10^th, 11^th or 9^th, 10^th and 11^th days and nights of Muharram?

A. The day of Aashura is the 10^th of Muharram. The day of Aashura is not the 9^th or 11^th of Muharram. Yes, in keeping the fast of Aashura, a person should keep the fast of the 10^th of Muharram together with a fast before or after it to avoid enacting the practice of the Jews who fasted on the 10^th of Muharram only.

However, in the case of spending on ones family of the day of Aashura, the 9^th or 11^th is not included. As such, the Islamic day and night of the 10^th of Muharram is taken into consideration. Therefore, if one wishes to spend on his/her family on the day of Aashura and earn its rewards of expansion in sustenance throughout the year, he/she may do so from the 10^th evening (Maghrib time) until the Maghrib time of the following day. (Faydul Baari 3/372)

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Mufti Ismaeel Bassa

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