[Machine] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Medina, he found the Jews fasting on the day of Ashura. He asked them about it, and they said, "This is the day when Moses, ﷺ , was saved from Pharaoh." He responded, "You have more right to follow Moses than them, so fast on this day."
لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ وَجَدَ الْيَهُودَ تَصُومُ عَاشُورَاءَ فَسَأَلَهُمْ فَقَالُوا هَذَا الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي ظَهْرَ فِيهِ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَى فِرْعَوْنَ فَقَالَ أَنْتُمْ أَوْلَى بِمُوسَى مِنْهُمْ فَصُومُوهُ