Is Fasting Recommended during the First 10 Days of Dhu Al Hijja? – Shaykh Irshaad Sedick


Shafi'i Fiqh

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick

Is fasting recommended during the first 10 days of Dhu Al-Hijja?

Shaykh Irshaad will elucidate the permissibility of fasting during the first ten days of Dhu al-Hijja and the benefits associated with this worship.

Shaykh Irshaad Sedick was raised in South Africa in a traditional Muslim family. He graduated from Dar al-Ulum al-Arabiyya al-Islamiyya in Strand, Western Cape, under the guidance of the late world-renowned scholar Shaykh Taha Karaan (Allah have mercy on him), where he taught.

Shaykh Irshaad has fifteen years of teaching experience at some of the leading Islamic institutes in Cape Town). He is currently building an Islamic podcast, education, and media platform called ‘Isnad Academy’ and has completed his Master’s degree in the study of Islam at the University of Johannesburg. He has a keen interest in healthy Prophetic living and fitness.