Mishkat al-Masabih #1949
Fasting
He said that when God’s messenger fasted on the day of ‘Ashura’ and commanded that it should be observed as a fast, he was told it was a day held in honour by Jews and Christians, and said, “If I am spared till next year I shall fast on the ninth.”
Muslim transmitted it.
Topics
About Mishkat al-Masabih
This hadith is #1949 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Fasting. Mishkat al-Masabih contains 4,428 hadiths across 25 books.