Calendar
🗓️ Upcoming White Days (13, 14, 15):
📖 Hadith & Virtues of White Days
"Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: My friend (the Messenger of Allah ﷺ) advised me to observe three things: to fast three days of every month, to perform two Rak'ah of Duha prayer, and to perform Witr prayer before going to sleep."
"Fasting three days of every month is equivalent to fasting the entire year, because a good deed is rewarded tenfold (3 × 10 = 30 days). Thus, continuing this throughout the year brings the reward of perpetual fasting."
📚 About the Islamic Calendar & Sunnah Fasts
What is the Islamic Calendar?
The Islamic calendar is a purely lunar calendar consisting of 12 months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It began with the historic migration (Hijrah) of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ from Makkah to Madinah in 622 CE under the caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab (RA).
What are the White Days (Ayyam al-Bid)?
"Ayyam al-Bid" refers to the 13th, 14th, and 15th days of every lunar month. They are called the "White Days" because the moon is fully illuminated, shining brightly throughout these nights. The Prophet ﷺ strongly recommended fasting on these three days.
The Four Sacred Months
The Quran specifies four sacred months: Dhu al-Qi'dah, Dhu al-Hijjah, Muharram (consecutive) and Rajab (solitary). In these sacred months, good deeds carry magnified rewards and sins are more gravely warned against.
Weekly Sunnah Fasts
Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays is a beloved Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. He stated that deeds are presented to Allah on these two days, and he loved for his deeds to be presented while fasting.
