Please could you reference this Hadith?
“I never saw Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) seeking to fast on a day more preferable to him than this day, the day of ‘Aashura…”
Answer:
Imam Bukhari (rahimahullah) has recorded this Hadith in his Sahih on the authority of Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (radiyallahu ‘anhuma).
(Sahih Bukhari, Hadith: 2006)
Also see here.
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
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