So he, may his might be mighty, said: "Ask about whatever you wish and whatever you like." So I said: "What do you say regarding fasting it?" He said: "And breaking its fast without gloating." Then he said: "Fasting it without confirmation. Do you know which day that was?" I said: "You are more knowledgeable about it than me, O my master."

He said: "Verily God, Mighty and Majestic, when He created the Light on Friday, on the first day of the month of Ramadan, then He created the Darkness on Wednesday, the day of Ashura, and He appointed for each of them a law and a method. O Abd Allah, indeed the best thing you can perform on the day of Ashura is to intend towards pure garments and wear them, unbutton your buttons, uncover your head and your arms, then go out to a desolate land where no one sees you, or in your home, you and your brothers. Then say:

'O God, punish those who fought Your messengers, opposed them, split away from them, worshipped other than You, and deemed lawful Your prohibitions. And curse the leaders, the masters, the great ones, the followers, whoever was of them, and whoever was pleased with their deed, with a great cursing. O God, and hasten the relief (faraj) of the believers, and rescue them from the hands of the hypocrites, the misguiders, the disbelievers, and the deniers.