But the fasting was optional after Ramadan fasting was made obiligatory. It is narrated by Abu Hurairah that the Prophet Muhammad said, “The most virtuous fasting after the month of Ramadan is (in) Allah’s month Al-Muharram.”Shia Muslims in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in a Hussainiya as part of the commemoration of Muharram.Shia Muslim children in Amroha, India on camels in front of the Azakhana as part of
Ashura, which literally means the “Tenth” in Arabic, refers to the tenth day of Muharram.