- It is sunnah to fast the 9th and the 10th or the 10th and the 11th of al-Muharram. However, it is better to fast the 9th and the 10th
- The Messenger used to fast the 10th in jaahiliyyah so did the Quraysh. Jews of Madeenah used to fast it too.
- On that day Allāh saved Mūsa and his people and destroyed Pharaoh and his people, so Mūsa fasted that day with gratitude to Allāh.
- Fasting on this day expiates the sins committed in the previous year
- To lament, strike and beat the body, and take the day as a day of grieving, as the Shia do, is a bid’ah
- To dress up, beautify, cook food and rejoice specifically for that day, like the nawasib do, is a bid’ah
