Q: Please clarify if there is Hadith to fast on the last and first day of the hijri year. A pious person mentioned to me that in the book of Shaikh Abdul Qader Jilani (rahmatullah alayh), Ghunyat ul Talibeen, the Hadith is mentioned.
He sent me the picture of the Arabic book page with the Hadith, it is on page 90. I think it is not possible to make an attachment here.
A: It is permissible to fast on the last and first day of the Islamic year. The Hadith explains that besides five days of the year, fasting throughout the year is permissible. However, we have not come across any of the authentic Ahaadith that fasting on the last and first day of the Islamic year is a sunnah practice.
And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
Answered by:
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & Approved:
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)