EXCELLENT FAST ( DAY ' ARAFAT )

EXCELLENT FAST ( DAY ' ARAFAT )When the day of ' Arafah ? What arguments for the advantages of fasting the day of ' Arafah ?Day of 'Arafat is the ninth day of Dhul-Hijjah . It was the best day of the year because the Prophet said : " There is no day that God frees his slaves most of the day from hell from the day of ' Arafah " (Reported by Imam Muslim ) .As for the sunnah fasting on the day, his decree was; hadith of Abu Qatada reported which tells the Prophet of Allah s.a.w. asked about fasting the day of ' Arafah . He said : " ( fasting day ) can purify years ago and which is to come" (Reported by Imam Muslim ) .Are voluntary fasting on the day of ' Arafah is no exception?Yes. Excluded from pilgrims . They are not encouraged to fast on that day as to emulate the Prophet and also to keep increasing the strength of prayer on that day.Prophet 's wife Maimunah s.a.w. tell ; public doubt whether the Prophet saw fast or not on the day of ' Arafah . Then he (ie Maimunah ) sent to him a container of milk when he was wukuf the plain of 'Arafat 's . Then he drank the milk to be seen by the public to him ( Narrated by Imam Muslim ) .In fact there is a prohibition of the Prophet s.a.w. as narrated by Abu Huraira : " Allah's Messenger forbade fasting on the day of 'Arafat for Haj pilgrims in ' Arafah " ( Narrated by Imam Abu Dawud , Ahmad , Ibn Majah and al -Hakim ) .

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