A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of 'Ubaidullah b. Abi Yazid.
Read More..Hakam b. al-'Araj reported: I went to Ibn 'Abbas (Allah be Pleased with both of them) and he was reclining using his mantle as a pillow near the fountain of Zamzam. I said to him: Tell me about fasting on Ashura. He said: When you see the new moon of Muharram then count the (days) and observe fast on the 9th. I said to him: Is it how the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) observed the fast? He said: Yes.
Read More..Hakam b. 'Araj reported: I asked Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) as he was reclining using his cloak as a pillow near Zamzam about fasting on 'Ashura. The rest of the hadith is the same.
Read More..Ibn 'Abbas reported that when the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) fasted on the day of 'Ashura and commanded that it should he observed as a fast, they (his Companions) said to him: Messenger of Allah, it is a day which the Jews and Christians hold in high esteem. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: When the next year comes, God willing, we would observe fast on the 9th But the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) died before the advent of the next year.
Read More..Abdullah b 'Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had said: If I live till the next (year), I would definitely observe fast on the 9th, and the narration transmitted by Abu Bakr is: He meant the day of Ashura.
Read More..Salama b. al-Akwa' (Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) sent a person of the tribe of Aslam on the day of 'Ashura and commanded him to declare to the people to observe fast in case they had not observed it, and to complete fast till evening if they had taken food
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