u ▁Q at ad ah ▁that ▁Muhammad ▁was ▁asked ▁about ▁fast ing ▁on ▁the ▁day ▁of ▁‘ A raf ah ▁and ▁he ▁replied :" It ▁exp i ates ▁for ▁the ▁past ▁and ▁coming ▁years .” ▁( Mus lim ) Im am ▁An - N aw aw i ▁mentioned ▁in ▁his ▁book ▁al - M aj mu ’ , ▁“ With ▁regard ▁to ▁the ▁r uling ▁on ▁this ▁matter , ▁Im am ▁As - S y af i ’ i ▁and ▁his ▁compan ions ▁said : ▁It ▁is ▁must ah abb ▁( s unn ah ) ▁to ▁fast ▁on ▁the ▁day ▁of ▁A raf ah ▁for ▁the ▁one ▁who ▁is ▁not ▁in ▁A raf ah . ▁As ▁for ▁the ▁pil gr im ▁who ▁is ▁present ▁in ▁A raf ah , ▁Im am ▁As - Sh af i ’ i ▁and ▁his ▁compan ions ▁said ▁( in ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁prominent ▁books ▁of ▁the ▁Sh af i ’ i ▁legal ▁school ▁of ▁thought ) ▁al - M uk ht as ar , ▁‘ It ▁is ▁must ah abb ▁( s unn ah ) ▁for ▁him ▁not ▁to ▁fast ’ .” ▁ ▁Pro hib iting ▁the ▁pil gr ims ▁from ▁fast ing ▁on ▁these ▁days ▁is ▁a ▁great ▁mer cy ▁for ▁them , ▁for ▁fast ing ▁will ▁ex ert ▁und ue ▁hard ship ▁on ▁the ▁person ▁performing ▁the ▁ha j j . ▁A bove ▁all , ▁Muhammad ▁did ▁not ▁fast ▁while ▁he ▁stood ▁before ▁Al lah ▁offering ▁supp lications ▁in ▁A raf ah . ▁On ▁the