03/09/2025
Following the Sunnah, Avoiding Bid‘ah
This the authentic hadith about fasting the Ayyām al-Bīḍ (White Days):
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِثَلَاثٍ: صِيَامِ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مِنْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍ، وَرَكْعَتَيِ الضُّحَى، وَأَنْ أُوتِرَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَنَامَ.
(رواه البخاري ومسلم)
Translation:
Abu Hurairah (RA) said: “My beloved (the Prophet ﷺ) advised me to do three things: to fast three days of every month, to pray two rak‘ahs of Duha, and to pray Witr before sleeping.”
(Narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Let us avoid innovations (bid‘ah) that were never practiced by the Prophet ﷺ or his noble Companions. True love for the Prophet ﷺ is shown by obeying his teachings and reviving his Sunnah.
“Say, [O Muhammad], If you love Allah, then follow me; Allah will love you and forgive your sins.” (Qur’an 3:31)
This Rabī‘ al-Awwal, let us live by the Sunnah and keep away from practices that were never part of Islam.