The Day Of Ashura Holds A Powerful Key To Enduring Any Hardship… ️

By Hisham Abu Yusuf | 2026-10-07T17:49:18.857938+00:00 | Topic: Khutbah | Masjid: Hisham Abu Yusuf

One day in this very month, the month of Muharram, 1400 years ago, the most beautiful and beloved man on this earth, the Prophet ﷺ, he looks at his companions and he says to them, fast the 10th day of Muharram because this is one of the days of Allah.

What does that mean — one of the days of Allah? This is one of the days in which the course of history completely changed.

What happened on that day? Why does he fast on this day? Why does he remember this day and commemorate this day? What's so special about it?

The Day of 'Ashura — A Day That Changed History

This is the day in which Allah saved Musa from the tyrant Fir'awn.

This is the day when a man with a stick was able to split the sea and cross. This is the day when hundreds and thousands of oppressed people — who had waited for centuries under enslavement, when their women were raped, their children were slaughtered — they waited and waited for this day.

There Is Always Hope

This is the day that reminds us that there is always hope. This is the day that reminds us that as we watch the news and as we lose hope, there's always hope to come.

Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala reminds us about this day when he says:

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