205curated hadith rotate here, mostly from Imam Nawawi's Forty Hadith, each from Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, or the Sunan collections with its reference cited.

Hadith for · fasting

The fast of Arafah

Thursday, May 1, 2025

صِيَامُ يَوْمِ عَرَفَةَ يُكَفِّرُ السَّنَةَ الْمَاضِيَةَ وَالسَّنَةَ الْآتِيَةَ

Transliteration

Siyamu yawmi 'Arafata yukaffiru-s-sanata-l-madiyata wa-s-sanata-l-atiyah.

Translation

Fasting the day of Arafah expiates the sins of the past year and the coming year.

Narrated by Abu Qatadah·Sahih Muslim 1162

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