Question concerning 10th of Muharram

[Talib84]

Asslamu Alaikum

Is it a sunnah to cook special dishes (which are not normally cooked during the year) on the 10th of Muharram. I know people who practise this. I read the following 2 articles but I am a bit confused.


3. One should be generous on one’s family and dependants and spend more on them than what is normally spent. Aboo Hurayrah t reports that Rasoolullah s said, "One who generously spends on his family on the day of Ãshoorã, Allah will increase (his provision) for the whole year." (Bayhaqi, at-Targheeb wat-Tarheeb)

This Hadeeth is not very authentic according to the science of Hadeeth. However, scholars of Hadeeth like Bayhaqi and Ibne Hibbãn have accepted it as reliable.


3. Some regard the tenth of Muharram as the day of ‘Eed. They indulge in adornment, applying surmah (collyrium), wearing new clothes, spending lavishly and cooking a particular type of meal which is not generally prepared. All these actions are regarded as sunnah according to their belief, whereas no authentic narration sanctioning and permitting such actions can be found

Shaykh Muhammad Saleem Dhorat
http://www.idauk.org/pub/leaf/islmcalen/20.html


Some traditions signify another feature of the day of 'Ashura. According to these traditions, one should be more generous to his family by providing more food to them on this day as compared to other days. These traditions are not very authentic according to the science of Hadith. Yet, some Scholars like Baihaqi and Ibn Hibban have accepted them as reliable.

Some people take it as Sunnah to prepare a particular type of meal on the day of 'Ashura'. This practice, too, has no basis in the authentic Islamic sources.

By Mufti Taqi Usmani
http://www.albalagh.net/general/muharram.shtml




The article by Shaykh Saleem db says "One should be generous on one’s family and dependants and spend more on them than what is normally spent" but also says "it is not sunnah to cook a particular type of meal which is not generally prepared." This clearly states that preparing special meals is not a sunnah.

The article by Mufti Taqi db also says one should be more generous to his family but then it specifies "by providing more food to them on this day as compared to other days." It then goes on to say "it is not Sunnah to prepare a particular type of meal on the day of 'Ashura'."

I got the impression that providing more food to the family would mean cooking special food. Or does it literally mean more in quantity?

[Husain]

The Ahl al-Bidah make a practice of cooking certain dishes, which they feel should be cooked on this day.

I remember reading a pamphlet issued by the Raza Academy here in Durban, where they mentioned that Kichra should be cooked on the 10th of Muharram.
The "proof" for it was their claim that when Nuh's ark came to a rest after the flood, it was the 10th of Muharram, so Nuh gave the people a list of ingredients to find and then he cooked Kichra!

When Ml. Dhorat and Mf. Taqi said "a particular type of meal" they were refering to a meal being cooked, on account of thinking that cooking it on this day holds some significance or because it is the practice to do so.

They are not referring to cooking a good meal eg. Biryani, which is cooked on account of it being a special treat.

And Allah Ta'ala knows best

[Husain]

Here is a similar quote from a Barelwi site:

Why is Kichra cooked during Aashurah?

It is in Shaami, "That person who cooks good food on the day of Ashurah, will Insha- Allah, gain Barkat from Almighty Allah in his home for the entire year."

Commenting on this in "Tafseer Na'eemi", Hazrat Allama Mufti Ahmad Yaar Khan (rahmatullah alaih) writes: "In our country Haleem (kichra) is cooked because it contain all types of grains and meat, through which we have hope that their will be barkat in the grain for the entire year.

In certain narrations, it has been stated that the day on which the Ark of Hazrat Nooh (alaihis salaam) came onto land, the inhabitants of the Ark disembarked and gathered all types of grain and cooked it into Haleem (Kichra)."

[Talib84]

I understand now

[abuhajira]

Here is a similar quote from a Barelwi site:

Why is Kichra cooked during Aashurah?

It is in Shaami, "That person who cooks good food on the day of Ashurah, will Insha- Allah, gain Barkat from Almighty Allah in his home for the entire year."

Commenting on this in "Tafseer Na'eemi", Hazrat Allama Mufti Ahmad Yaar Khan (rahmatullah alaih) writes: "In our country Haleem (kichra) is cooked because it contain all types of grains and meat, through which we have hope that their will be barkat in the grain for the entire year.

In certain narrations, it has been stated that the day on which the Ark of Hazrat Nooh (alaihis salaam) came onto land, the inhabitants of the Ark disembarked and gathered all types of grain and cooked it into Haleem (Kichra)."

Mufti Saheb can you cite the actual Ibarah (if it so appears) of Shami.. or anything similar to it...

[Husain]

The ibarat in Shami is this much: ""That person who cooks good food on the day of Ashurah, will Insha- Allah, gain Barkat from Almighty Allah in his home for the entire year"
It is a famous hadith.

Do u want the arabic wording of the hadith?

[abuhajira]

yes that would be nice.. I will be able to read the context inshAllah..

[Husain]

قال في الدر المختار:

وَحَدِيثُ التَّوْسِعَةِ عَلَى الْعِيَالِ يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ صَحِيحٌ

فقال العلامة ابن عابدين في حاشيته:

قَوْلُهُ : وَحَدِيثُ التَّوْسِعَةِ إلَخْ ) وَهُوَ { مِنْ وَسَّعَ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ يَوْمَ عَاشُورَاءَ وَسَّعَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ السَّنَةَ كُلَّهَا } قَالَ جَابِرٌ : جَرَّبْته أَرْبَعِينَ عَامًا فَلَمْ يَتَخَلَّفْ ط

وفي مكان آخر قال في الدر عن الوهبانية:

وَفِي يَوْمِ عَاشُورَاءَ يُكْرَهُ كَحْلُهُمْ وَلَا بَأْسَ بِالْمُعْتَادِ خَلْطًا وَيُؤْجَرُ - - وَبَعْضُهُمْ الْمُخْتَارُ فِي الْكُحْلِ جَائِزٌ لِفِعْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَهُوَ الْمُقَرَّرُ

فقال في الحاشية:

( قَوْلُهُ وَلَا بَأْسَ إلَخْ ) نَقَلَ فِي الْقُنْيَةِ عَنْ الْوَبَرِيِّ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَرِدْ فِيهِ أَثَرٌ قَوِيٌّ , وَلَا بَأْسَ ا هـ , وَرُبَّمَا يُثَابُ قَالَ الشَّارِحُ : وَاَلَّذِي فِي حِفْظِي أَنَّهُ يُثَابُ بِالتَّوْسِعَةِ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ الْمَنْدُوبِ إلَيْهَا فِي الْحَدِيثِ بِقَوْلِهِ " { مَنْ وَسَّعَ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ فِي يَوْمِ عَاشُورَاءَ وَسَّعَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ سَائِرَ سَنَتِهِ } " فَأَخَذَ النَّاسُ مِنْهُ أَنْ وَسَّعُوا بِاسْتِعْمَالِ أَنْوَاعٍ مِنْ الْحُبُوبِ , وَهُوَ مِمَّا يَصْدُقُ عَلَيْهِ التَّوْسِعَةُ . وَقَدْ رَأَيْت لِبَعْضِ الْعُلَمَاءِ كَلَامًا حَسَنًا مُحَصَّلُهُ : أَنَّهُ لَا يُقْتَصَرُ فِيهِ عَلَى التَّوْسِعَةِ بِنَوْعٍ وَاحِدٍ بَلْ يَعُمُّهَا فِي الْمَآكِلِ وَالْمَلَابِسِ وَغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ , وَأَنَّهُ أَحَقُّ مِنْ سَائِرِ الْمَوَاسِمِ بِمَا يُعْمَلُ فِيهَا مِنْ التَّوَسُّعَاتِ الْغَيْرِ الْمَشْرُوعَةِ فِيهَا كَالْأَعْيَادِ وَنَحْوِهَا ا هـ

[mospike]

Has this been proven to be authentic

In certain narrations, it has been stated that the day on which the Ark of Hazrat Nooh (alaihis salaam) came onto land, the inhabitants of the Ark disembarked and gathered all types of grain and cooked it into Haleem (Kichra)."

Shukran