Sunnah fasting days in May 2025

May 2025 spans Dhu al-Qi'dah 1446 – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 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.

3 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1446 AH Thursday fast
7 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1446 AH Monday fast
10 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1446 AH Thursday fast
13 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1446 AH White Day (Ayyam al-Beed)
14 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1446 AH Monday fast
17 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1446 AH Thursday fast
21 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1446 AH Monday fast
24 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1446 AH Thursday fast
28 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1446 AH Monday fast
1 Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH Dhul Hijjah (first ten days)
2 Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH Dhul Hijjah (first ten days) · Thursday fast
3 Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH Dhul Hijjah (first ten days)
4 Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH Dhul Hijjah (first ten days)

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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