20. On this day eyesight of Sayyiduna Ya’qoob عَـلَيْـهِ الـصَّلٰوة ُ وَالـسَّلَام was restored.
21. On this day Sayyiduna Yusuf عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَيْهِ الصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَام was taken out from the deep well.
22. On this day Sayyiduna Ayyub عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّنَا وَعَـلَيْهِ الصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَام was relieved of his affliction.
23. On this day rain showered from the sky for the first time.
24. The fast on this day was common even among previous Ummahs. It is said that the fast on this day was Fard in those times when the fasts of the blessed month of Ramadan were not Fard but it was later revoked.
(Mukashafa-tul-Quloob, pp. 650)
25. On the day of ‘Aashura, Sayyiduna Imam Husayn رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ, his sons and companions رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُم were all brutally martyred in the plains of Karbala after being kept starved for three consecutive days.
1. It is narrated by Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی عَـنْهُ that the Prophet of Rahmah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated, ‘Leaving Ramadan, the fast of Muharram is the most superior, and the most superior Salah after the Fard Salah is Salat-ul-Layl (i.e. Nawafil offered during the night).’
(Sahih Muslim, pp. 591, Hadees 1163)