sunnahfastSunnah fasting days in May 2023
May 2023 spans Shawwal 1444 – Dhu al-Qi'dah 1444 AH on the standard Umm al-Qura reckoning. Below is every recommended fasting day in the month with its exact date. If your community's moon sighting runs a day ahead or behind, shift the Hijri dates by one day — the converter and calendar feed both have a ±1 sync setting for exactly this.
11 Shawwal 1444 AH Monday fast
13 Shawwal 1444 AH White Day (Ayyam al-Beed)
14 Shawwal 1444 AH Thursday fast
18 Shawwal 1444 AH Monday fast
21 Shawwal 1444 AH Thursday fast
25 Shawwal 1444 AH Monday fast
28 Shawwal 1444 AH Thursday fast
2 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1444 AH Monday fast
5 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1444 AH Thursday fast
9 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1444 AH Monday fast
To understand any of these days — the White Days, Mondays & Thursdays, Ashura, Arafah — the blog walks through each one with sources quoted verbatim.
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