Narrated to us Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Abu Kurayb, both from Abu Mu‘awiyah. Abu Bakr said: Narrated to us Abu Mu‘awiyah, from al-A‘mash, from ‘Umarah, from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Yazid, who said: Al-Ash‘ath ibn Qays entered upon ‘Abdullah while he was eating the midday meal, and he said: "O Abu Muhammad, come near to the meal." He said: "Is not today the day of ‘Ashura’?" He said: "And do you know what the day of ‘Ashura’ is?" He said: "And what is it?" He said: "It is only a day that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to fast before the month of Ramadan was revealed. When the month of Ramadan was revealed, it was abandoned." And Abu Kurayb said: "He abandoned it."