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Fatwa CenterA Hadeeth about the two days which the people of Al-Madeenah used to celebrate before Islam
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Assalamu alaikum could you Please show me the following hadedth in Musnad Ahmad. If you can provide the scan or link of the page very helfull Anas (radhi allahu anhu) said: “The Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) came to Madeenah and the people of Madeenah had in Jahiliyah two days of play and amusement (they are the day of Niarooz (New Years Day) and the day of Maharajaan (Final Day of the Year). So, the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa-sallam) said: "I came to you and you had in Jahiliyah two days of play and amusement. Indeed, Allah has replaced them for you by that which is better than them: The day ofNahr (slaughtering) and the day of Fitr (breaking fast)." [(saheeh) Musnad Ahmad (3/103, 178, 235 and others)] Please show me this hadees in Musnad Ahmad. Jazakallah Hasme
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All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad 
is His slave and messenger.
It was authentically reported that Anas ibn Maalik 
narrated that when the Prophet came to Al-Madeenah, the people had two days on which they engaged in amusement. He asked: “What are these two days (what is their significance)?” They said: “We celebrated them in the pre-Islamic era.” The Messenger of Allaah said: “Verily, Allaah has given you something better in place of them: the Day of Al-Adh-ha and the Day of Al-Fitr.” [Ahmad]
We have highlighted in Fatwa 90304 that there is no authentic Hadeeth stating that those two feasts were the Day of Nayrooz and the day of Mihrajaan.
Allaah Knows best.
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