Praise be to Allaah.
The day of 'Arafaah and the fasting that goes withit should be
observed in each country according to the local times of fajr and
maghrib. Fasting on this day expiates the sins of two years, as the
Prophet (Peace & Blessings of Allaah be upon Him) said:"Fasting the
day of 'Arafaah, I hope, will expiate the sins of the year before it
and the year to come, and fasting the day of 'Aashooraa' (the tenth
day of Muharram), I hope, will expiate the sins of the year before
it." (Reported by Muslim, 1976).
And Allaah knows best.
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