Chapter on Voluntary Fasting and Its Rewards on Different Days

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 2|Chapter 5
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 2, Book 2, Chapter 5

Chapter on Voluntary Fasting and Its Rewards on Different Days

وَ فِي أَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ مِنَ اَلْمُحَرَّمِ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَمَنْ صَامَ ذَلِكَ اَلْيَوْمَ اِسْتَجَابَ اَللَّهُ لَهُ كَمَا اِسْتَجَابَ لِزَكَرِيَّا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ ».
It is narrated: "On the first day of Muharram, Zakariya عليه السلام supplicated to his Lord عز وجل, the Almighty. Whoever fasts on that day, Allah سبحانه وتعالى will answer their supplication just as He answered Zakariya عليه السلام."
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 91