{"id":7049,"date":"2013-11-12T12:32:16","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T12:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/"},"modified":"2013-11-12T12:46:32","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T12:46:32","slug":"significance-ashura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/","title":{"rendered":"The Significance of `Ashura\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fasting on the month of Muharram is the best type of voluntary fasting. Why? What did the prophet say about this month and the day of `Ashura\u2019 and where does this significant come from?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/abcs-of-islam\/articles-of-faith\/significance-ashura\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fasting on the month of Muharram is the best type of voluntary fasting. Why? What did the prophet say about this month and the day of `Ashura\u2019 and where does this significant come from? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[409],"tags":[7726,1345],"class_list":["post-7049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-muslims-article","tag-ashura","tag-editors-choice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Significance of `Ashura\u2019 - Discover Islam Kuwait Portal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Significance of `Ashura\u2019\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Significance of `Ashura\u2019 - Discover Islam Kuwait Portal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Significance of `Ashura\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Discover Islam Kuwait Portal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-11-12T12:32:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-11-12T12:46:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Significance-of-Ashura.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abdullah Alajeel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abdullah Alajeel\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abdullah Alajeel\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#\/schema\/person\/ccd40778f1810532297430fb66ab74e2\"},\"headline\":\"The Significance of `Ashura\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-12T12:32:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-11-12T12:46:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/\"},\"wordCount\":40,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Significance-of-Ashura.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Ashura\",\"editors choice\"],\"articleSection\":[\"New Muslims\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/\",\"name\":\"The Significance of `Ashura\u2019 - Discover Islam Kuwait Portal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Significance-of-Ashura.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-12T12:32:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-11-12T12:46:32+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Significance of `Ashura\u2019\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Significance-of-Ashura.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Significance-of-Ashura.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1\",\"width\":400,\"height\":300},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/\",\"name\":\"Discover Islam Kuwait Portal\",\"description\":\"Your Way to Understanding Islam\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#organization\",\"name\":\"E-Da`wah Committee (EDC)\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Edc_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Edc_logo.png\",\"width\":645,\"height\":817,\"caption\":\"E-Da`wah Committee (EDC)\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#\/schema\/person\/ccd40778f1810532297430fb66ab74e2\",\"name\":\"Abdullah Alajeel\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5695d53aba7d3d99d88eebb448143211?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5695d53aba7d3d99d88eebb448143211?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Abdullah Alajeel\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/author\/alajeel\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Significance of `Ashura\u2019 - Discover Islam Kuwait Portal","description":"The Significance of `Ashura\u2019","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Significance of `Ashura\u2019 - Discover Islam Kuwait Portal","og_description":"The Significance of `Ashura\u2019","og_url":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/","og_site_name":"Discover Islam Kuwait Portal","article_published_time":"2013-11-12T12:32:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-11-12T12:46:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Significance-of-Ashura.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Abdullah Alajeel","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abdullah Alajeel"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/"},"author":{"name":"Abdullah Alajeel","@id":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#\/schema\/person\/ccd40778f1810532297430fb66ab74e2"},"headline":"The Significance of `Ashura\u2019","datePublished":"2013-11-12T12:32:16+00:00","dateModified":"2013-11-12T12:46:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/"},"wordCount":40,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Significance-of-Ashura.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1","keywords":["Ashura","editors choice"],"articleSection":["New Muslims"],"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/","url":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/","name":"The Significance of `Ashura\u2019 - Discover Islam Kuwait Portal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Significance-of-Ashura.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1","datePublished":"2013-11-12T12:32:16+00:00","dateModified":"2013-11-12T12:46:32+00:00","description":"The Significance of `Ashura\u2019","inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/significance-ashura\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Significance-of-Ashura.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Significance-of-Ashura.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1","width":400,"height":300},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/","name":"Discover Islam Kuwait Portal","description":"Your Way to Understanding Islam","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#organization","name":"E-Da`wah Committee (EDC)","url":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Edc_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Edc_logo.png","width":645,"height":817,"caption":"E-Da`wah Committee (EDC)"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#\/schema\/person\/ccd40778f1810532297430fb66ab74e2","name":"Abdullah Alajeel","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5695d53aba7d3d99d88eebb448143211?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5695d53aba7d3d99d88eebb448143211?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Abdullah Alajeel"},"url":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/author\/alajeel\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Significance-of-Ashura.jpg?fit=400%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/The-Significance-of-Ashura.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7049"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7051,"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7049\/revisions\/7051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}