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Ayy\u0101m al-B\u012b\u1e0d (Arabic:\u0627\u06cc\u0651\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u06cc\u0636) (literally means white days) are 13th, 14th and 15th of each lunar month. Hadiths have emphasized fasting these days. Ayyam al-Bid of the month of Rajab followed by that of Sha’ban and Ramadan are very important for Shi’a.<\/p>\n
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“Bid”, in Arabic, means white. One of the ancient Arab traditions was naming the days of a month according to the brightness of the moon. Since the moon is in its brightest phases during these days, they were called Ayyam al-Bid (white days).[1] The other names of these days are Awadih and Ghurr.<\/p>\n
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According to narrations fasting three days of each month was an admirable act before Islam and was called “the Prophet Ibrahim (a)’s fasting”.[2] The Prophet (s) encouraged people to continue this tradition and fast during Ayyam al-Bid.[3]<\/p>\n
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Multiple hadiths that denote fasting three days in a month is recommended suggest different days in a month. Some just counted fasting the 13th of each month as recommended,[4] the other narrates from Imam al-Sadiq (a) that the Prophet (s) fasted three days of a lunar month: “the first and the last Thursday and the first Wednesday from the second ten-day.”[5] There are also neutral hadiths that just denote the Istihbab of fasting three days in a month.[6]<\/p>\n
Anyway, based on those hadiths, jurists have different opinions specifying the three days in which fasting is recommended, whether they are Ayyam al-Bid or not.[7]<\/p>\n
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Ayyam al-Bid of the month of Rajab followed by that of Sha’ban and Ramadan are very important among Shi’a.[8] I’tikaf is one of the recommended acts that are prevalent during Ayyam al-Bid of Rajab in Iran.<\/p>\n
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Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n Farr\u0101\u02be, al-Ayy\u0101m wa l-lay\u0101l\u012b wa l-shuh\u016br, p. 58; Ibn Kath\u012br, Tafs\u012br al-Qur\u02be\u0101n, vol. 3, p. 573.<\/p>\n Nis\u0101\u02be\u012b, Sunan al-Nis\u0101\u02be\u012b, vol. 4, p. 222-223.<\/p>\n Ibn Sa\u02bfd, al-\u1e6cabaq\u0101t al-kubr\u0101, vol. 7, p. 43; A\u1e25mad b. \u1e24anbal, Musnad, vol. 5, p. 27-28, 150-152.<\/p>\n Ibn Sa\u02bfd, al-\u1e6cabaq\u0101t al-kubr\u0101, vol. 7, p. 43; A\u1e25mad b. \u1e24anbal, Musnad, vol. 5, p. 27-28, 150-152.<\/p>\n \u1e62ad\u016bq, Man l\u0101 ya\u1e25\u1e0duruh al-faq\u012bh, vol. 2, p. 84.<\/p>\n Nis\u0101\u02be\u012b, Sunan al-Nis\u0101\u02be\u012b, vol. 4, p. 222-223.<\/p>\n See: \u1e62ad\u016bq, Man l\u0101 ya\u1e25\u1e0duruh al-faq\u012bh, vol. 2, p. 84; \u1e6c\u016bs\u012b, Tahdh\u012bb al-a\u1e25k\u0101m, vol. 4, p. 296; Ibn \u1e6c\u0101w\u016bs, al-Dr\u016b\u02bf al-w\u0101q\u012bya, p. 66.<\/p>\n Malik\u012b Tabr\u012bz\u012b, al-Mur\u0101qib\u0101t, p. 62; Qum\u012b, Maf\u0101t\u012b\u1e25 al-jin\u0101n, p. 201-202.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n References<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A\u1e25mad b. \u1e24anbal. Musnad. Beirut: D\u0101r al-\u1e62\u0101dir, [n.d].<\/p>\n Farr\u0101\u02be, Ya\u1e25ya b. Zayd al-. Al-Ayy\u0101m wa l-lay\u0101l\u012b wa l-shuh\u016br. Edited by Ibr\u0101h\u012bm al-Aby\u0101r\u012b. Beirut: D\u0101r al-Kutub al-Isl\u0101m\u012byya, 1400 AH.<\/p>\n Ibn Kath\u012br, Ism\u0101\u02bf\u012bl b. \u02bfUmar. Tafs\u012br al-Qur\u02be\u0101n al-\u02bfa\u1e93\u012bm. Beirut: [n.p], 1401 AH.<\/p>\n Ibn Sa\u02bfd, Mu\u1e25ammad b. Man\u012b\u02bf al-Ba\u1e63r\u012b. Al-\u1e6cabaq\u0101t al-kubr\u0101. Edited by I\u1e25s\u0101n \u02bfAbb\u0101s. Beirut: D\u0101r al-\u1e62\u0101dir, 1968.<\/p>\n Ibn \u1e6c\u0101w\u016bs, \u02bfAl\u012b b. M\u016bs\u0101. Al-Dur\u016b\u02bf al-w\u0101q\u012bya. Qom: Mu\u02beassisat \u0100l al-Bayt li-I\u1e25y\u0101\u02be al-Tur\u0101th, 1414 AH.<\/p>\n Malik\u012b Tabr\u012bz\u012b, Jaw\u0101d. Al-Mur\u0101qib\u0101t. Beirut: [n.p], 1407 AH.<\/p>\n Nis\u0101\u02be\u012b, A\u1e25mad b. \u02bfAl\u012b al-. Sunan al-Nis\u0101\u02be\u012b. Edited by Jal\u0101l al-D\u012bn Suy\u016b\u1e6d\u012b. Aleppo: Maktab al-Ma\u1e6db\u016b\u02bf\u0101t al-Isl\u0101m\u012byya, [n.d].<\/p>\n Qum\u012b, Shaykh \u02bfAbb\u0101s. Maf\u0101t\u012b\u1e25 al-jin\u0101n. Beirut: [n.d], 1412 AH.<\/p>\n \u1e62ad\u016bq, Mu\u1e25ammad b. \u02bfAl\u012b al-. Man l\u0101 ya\u1e25\u1e0duruh al-faq\u012bh. Qom: Daftar-i Nashr-i Isl\u0101m\u012b, 1404 AH.<\/p>\n \u1e6c\u016bs\u012b, Mu\u1e25ammad b. al-\u1e24asan al-. Tahdh\u012bb al-a\u1e25k\u0101m. Edited by \u1e24asan M\u016bsaw\u012b Khur\u0101s\u0101n. Tehran: D\u0101r al-Kutub al-Isl\u0101m\u012byya, 1364 Sh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ayyam al-Bid Ayy\u0101m al-B\u012b\u1e0d (Arabic:\u0627\u06cc\u0651\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u06cc\u0636) (literally means white days) are 13th, 14th and 15th of each lunar month. Hadiths have emphasized fasting these days. Ayyam al-Bid of the month of Rajab followed by that of Sha’ban and Ramadan are very important for Shi’a. Etymology “Bid”, in Arabic, means white. One of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7466],"tags":[19814,19789,19669,19816,19815],"class_list":["post-10765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-occasions","tag-ayyam-al-bid","tag-rajab","tag-shia-studies-world-assembly","tag-white-days","tag-19815"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiastudies.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}