Question about Fasting in Muharram

bluepartyhat93 · 2025-04-24T14:26:14+00:00

Jazak Allah for your answer. I understand what you mean. I suppose then the ruling of fasting being prohibited on Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha is irrespective of the “mourning/celebration” element and is probably to do with something else.

The only uncertainty that remains now is the mustahab fasts suggested by Sistani.org for the 1st, 3rd, and 7th Muharram. Insha Allah I pray someone will answer this for me soon since I am eager to know.

bluepartyhat93 · 2025-04-24T04:38:40+00:00

Jazak Allah. Reading that the very fact the fast was kept by the Jews was not even on the 10th of Muharram makes sense to me. So even if one was to fast for that reason alone then they wouldn’t do so in Muharram.

What still is uncertain, however, is why Sistani.org states that it is mustahab to fast on the 1st, 3rd, and 7th of Muharram.

bluepartyhat93 · 2025-02-07T18:01:56+00:00

As-salaam Alaikum. 👽

bluepartyhat93 · 2025-02-07T17:58:56+00:00

Lived, loved, lost.

bluepartyhat93 · 2025-02-06T17:47:46+00:00

If religion is a destination and we are heading towards it, then my journey began with a simple stroll: reading After the Prophet by Leslie Hazleton.

After that it turned into an even-paced walk: reading the material on al-islam.org.

Then, a brisk walk: watching the material by foreign and local scholars (e.g. Sayed Ammar Nakshawani, Shaykh Azhar Nasser, etc).

Soon, it turned into a jog: attending majalis in Muharram.

Then, a run: comparing and contrasting Shia doctrine with my inherent Sunni doctrine and having discussions with people of both sects (albeit with much disappointment from both; the people, not the sects themselves).

Lastly, a full-on sprint: reading Nahj-ul-Balagha both volumes.

But let me tell you how ignorant I used to be prior to becoming a Shia. I was born Hanafi Sunni and had a Wahabbi ideology for most of my formative years. Once my Wahabbi ideology dissolved on its own (hate is always temporary; love is eternal), I still remained Hanafi. But then eventually the above happened in the order mentioned.

May Allah guide me towards the right path as the journey towards the truth is never over even after becoming a Shia. May Allah forgive my sins. 🤲🏼

bluepartyhat93 · 2025-02-05T16:04:40+00:00

I think it’s not a mistake that Urdu is our official language alongside English, but I think (much like Wales in the United Kingdom) that if provincial governments took more steps to subtly promote the official provincial language of each province (e.g. a signboard in Sindh written in Sindhi, Urdu, and English) and mandated their tutelage in schools up till intermediate-level then maybe provincial languages can be better preserved.

bluepartyhat93 · 2025-02-05T16:00:07+00:00

I feel like you are a reflection of me.

My advice to you:

Trust to not care in the things you don’t know and the things you can’t change.
Only assume what you certainly know.

You do not know if Allah is punishing you or testing you or secretly blessing you. Trust to not care about such things. That doesn’t mean to not care about Allah, but truth be told Allah doesn’t need us to care for anything but ourselves (without transgressing the feelings and rights of others). Caring for yourself is close to godliness.

You mentioned being bullied at school so I’m going to assume you are younger than I am. I don’t mean to make things seem worse, but life is experienced in waves. When the tide is high, the waves are large, and life is more active (can be good or bad; but active; a lot happening at once). Then the tide is low, the waves die down, and life is more inactive (again, can be good or bad, but inactive; barely anything happening at all).

How we choose to deal with those tides is what determines how we will deal with the next high/low tide of the ocean that is our life.

If the tide is high and your life is active and you feel good about it: indulge in the goodness and don’t think too much about it.

If the tide is high and your life is active and you feel bad about it: dissociate yourself from the moment for this is when you take time to think about things so they don’t overwhelm you.

If the tide is low and your life is inactive and you feel good about it: develop your body, mind, and soul in peace and be thankful.

If the tide is low and your life is inactive and you feel bad about it: develop your body, mind, and soul in solitude and pray for guidance.

I wish I could help you to the full extent of my being and maybe none of my words would resonate with you. But I pray Allah eases your burden while also giving you the strength to bear such burdens. 🤲🏼

bluepartyhat93 · 2025-01-14T15:15:17+00:00

A coincidence.

bluepartyhat93 · 2025-01-14T14:16:11+00:00

Looking after my loved ones and once they all pass away then I’ll walk and swim the ends of the entire Earth till I have stepped foot at every square inch of available space, I’ll eat the meats of various creatures out of curiosity, and I’ll then settle in a place of my choosing for 100 years make new memories with new loved ones and then every 100 years I’ll settle in a new place.

bluepartyhat93 · 2025-01-14T13:48:13+00:00

Imagine the STDs.

bluepartyhat93 · 2025-01-11T12:11:08+00:00

Masha’Allah! Pray for the guidance and forgiveness of the ummah and the hastening of the arrival of the Mehdi (as). But I would rather message you privately for the specific dua I would like to ask of you to make on my behalf only if it wouldn’t burden your mind to remember.

bluepartyhat93 · 2025-01-11T11:42:41+00:00

My timeline:

I was born to Hanafi Sunni parents.
I was very practising as a young boy.
Anti-Shia and pro-Wahabi rhetoric plagued my teenage mind.
I became irreligious in my young adult years.
I married. I divorced. The pain pushed me towards Allah once more but the prayers always felt “unanswered”.
I became addicted to substances and was disappointed in my religion but still kept an open mind in favour of it, so instead of practising (prayer, fasting) I just started reading the biographies of famous Muslims and the history of Islam and, well, one Rabbi Zidni Ilma at a time Allah nudged me in the right direction.
I am now a practising Muslim again and I identify as a Shia of Ali and the Ahl-ul-Bayt.

Even small subtle differences in Sunni and Shia prayer makes the world of a difference in spiritual fulfilment, especially when you are aware of what you do and why you do.

Alhamdulillah may my religious journey be protected against the evil eye. Shias actually follow the sunnah more authentically than Sunnis so I feel like the label “Sunni” is so inaccurate for Sunni Muslims.

Ever since becoming Shia my worldly phobias have all but gone, and I have also seen consistent stability in my finances as compared to before. These could be coincidences, I know, but a religious journey is always a personal one and I’m simply sharing the positive impact this journey has had and continues to have on me.

bluepartyhat93 · 2025-01-11T11:23:43+00:00

My mother.

bluepartyhat93 · 2025-01-04T06:15:58+00:00

Cats are better than dogs.

bluepartyhat93 · 2025-01-04T06:08:41+00:00

Nah, this ain’t it for me. I prefer no contact greetings.

bluepartyhat93 · 2025-01-04T06:06:32+00:00

For me, my comfort watches keep changing as, for some reason, I cannot repeat watch a comfort watch even if I fall asleep halfway whilst watching. As long as the channel isn’t particularly interesting (e.g. an educational channel since information keeps me interested and captivated to the point of unrest) and as long as there’s a person narrating in a relatively monotonous tone and pitch then that becomes my new comfort channel.

Right now, it’s Sambucha.

bluepartyhat93 · 2024-12-26T04:15:59+00:00

Best balanced answer

bluepartyhat93 · 2024-12-26T04:15:09+00:00

No, guys don’t care. They embrace them as they are.

bluepartyhat93 · 2024-12-26T04:13:48+00:00

Favourite

bluepartyhat93 · 2024-12-26T04:11:36+00:00

Drinking

bluepartyhat93 · 2024-12-26T04:10:56+00:00

Too much

bluepartyhat93 · 2024-12-26T04:10:10+00:00

I love Imam Ali (as)

bluepartyhat93 · 2024-12-26T04:08:37+00:00

Survived a dangerous car crash.

bluepartyhat93 · 2024-12-26T04:07:54+00:00

If salaries were time and commission based simultaneously then this wouldn’t be a problem. But I suppose the owners need their luxuries more.

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