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 166 clothes, applying surma to the eyes, fasting, prayers, making peace with one's enemies, associating with religious persons, relieving orphans, and giving of alms.

The fast of ʾA′shuráa is a Sunnat fast, i. e. not founded upon an injunction in the Qurán, but upon the example of Muhammad.