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The Prophet ﷺ strongly committed to fast the day of Ashura

bukhari:2006ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Ibn ʿUyaynah > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Yazīd > Ibn ʿAbbās

I never saw the Prophet ﷺ seeking to fast on a day that he favored more than another except this day, the day of 'Ashura', and this month, meaning the month of Ramadan.  

البخاري:٢٠٠٦حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

مَا رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَتَحَرَّى صِيَامَ يَوْمٍ فَضَّلَهُ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ إِلاَّ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ وَهَذَا الشَّهْرَ يَعْنِي شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
nasai:2370Qutaybah > Sufyān > ʿUbaydullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās And Suʾil > Ṣiyām ʿĀshūrāʾ

he heard Ibn 'Abbas, when he was asked about the fast of 'Ashura' say: "I do not know that the Prophet fasted any day because of its virtue, except this day" meaning the month of Ramadan and the day of Ashura.'  

النسائي:٢٣٧٠أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَسُئِلَ عَنْ صِيَامِ عَاشُورَاءَ قَالَ

مَا عَلِمْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَامَ يَوْمًا يَتَحَرَّى فَضْلَهُ عَلَى الأَيَّامِ إِلاَّ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ يَعْنِي شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ وَيَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ  

nasai-kubra:2691Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Sufyān > ʿUbaydullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās Yasʾal > Ṣiyām Yawm ʿĀshūrāʾ

he heard Ibn 'Abbas, when he was asked about the fast of 'Ashura' say: "I do not know that the Prophet fasted any day because of its virtue, except this day" meaning the month of Ramadan and the day of Ashura.' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2370)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢٦٩١أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَسْأَلُ عَنْ صِيَامِ يَوْمِ عَاشُورَاءَ قَالَ

«مَا عَلِمْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ صَامَ يَوْمًا يَتَحَرَّى فَضْلَهُ عَلَى الْأَيَّامِ إِلَّا هَذَا الْيَوْمَ يَعْنِي شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ وَيَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ»