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We can all nod our heads and say yes, this is something I need.

What happened?

Initially we did not know anything about the 10th of Muharram

until we were told by the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.

Had he not told us,

Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, we would have known nothing about the 10th of Muharram

and perhaps we wouldn't have held it in any significance,

but he did tell us so that becomes irrelevant.

He told us, what did he say?

Well, when they arrived in Medina Munawara, the Jews of Medina,

the Jewish community of Medina,

not necessarily the entire Jewish faith,

but those who were in Medina Munawara,

they used to fast on this day, the 10th of Muharram.

And the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, was told when they inquired why they fasted,

that well, this was the day that the Prophet Moses may peace be upon him,

Musa'alayhi sallam was saved.

So there is discrepancy as to being saved from the Pharaoh,

being saved in any other way,

but the majority say, saved from the Pharaoh.

So the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, said,

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