Musnad Ahmad — Hadith #45756

Abdullah told us, Muhammad bin Al-Minhal, brother of Hajjaj told us, Abdul-Wahid bin Ziyad told us, Abdul Rahman bin Ishaq told us, On the authority of Al-Numan bin Saad, he said: A man said to Ali, “O Commander of the Faithful, which month do you command me to fast after Ramadan?” So he said, “I have not heard.” Someone asked about this after a man asked the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and he said, “O Messenger of God, which month do you command me to fast after?” Ramadan, and he said, “If you are fasting for a month after Ramadan, then fast Muharram, for that is God’s month, and in it is a day in which He turns to a people and He turns to others in it.” People...