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What is the evidence supporting the practice of wearing black during Muharram?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Wearing black is a sign of mourning and grief on tragedies of the Prophet (SAWA) and his Progeny Ahlul Bayt (AS).

The Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) himself did wear black as you can read in Saheeh Muslim (Hadeeth number 1359).

Those believers who love the Prophet (SAWA) and his Progeny (As) feel sad on remembering their tragedies hence they wear black to express their noble feelings.

Wassalam.
Is it forbidden or disliked to eat salmon fish during the months of Muharram and Safar?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

It is not forbidden nor disliked to eat salmon fish or any other food during Muharram and Safar

. We avoid celebrations during Muharram and Safar out of mourning and respecting  the noble memory of Ahlul Bayt (AS) who suffered greatest tragedies during Muharram and Safar but no one can claim that eating fish or chicken or meat is forbidden during these months.

If you live in a community which thinks that the certain food is part of celebration, then you have to be careful not give a wrong message, but eating any Halal food is allowed as far as you are not celebration or degrading the mourning on the tragedies of Ahlul Bayt (AS).

 Wassalam.
Is it recommended to fast during any days of Muharram?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Yes. It is recommended to fast in the first day of Muharram as the narration from Imam Al-Redha (AS) asking the person who met him on the first of Muharram; are you fasting? Fasting on everyday in Muharram is good except on the tenth day of Muharram which was taken by Bani Umayyad as an Eid and they fabricated narrations on fasting that day of Ashura.According to Ahlul Bayt (AS) fasting in Ashura is Makrouh and it is called as the fasting of the enemies of Ahlul Bayt.

'Wassalam.
Is it permissible to fast on the 10th of Muharram?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Ahlul Bayt (AS) mentioned that fasting the day of Ashura is the fasting of Ibn Marjanah, the ruler of Yazeed on Iraq ذلك صوم ابن مرجانة

Yazeed and his followers wanted to mislead Muslims and make them celebrate the day of Ashura to cover their crime in killing Imam Husain on that day. Many Sunni scholars including leading Wahabi Shaikh Naasir Al-Deen Al-Albani said that narrations on fasting in Ashura were fabricated by the enemies of Ahlul Bayt (Nawaasib)(Tamaam al-Minnah, page 412). Many Sunni scholars including Al-Albani said that fasting in the day of Ashura is a Bid'ah.

Also 'Ibn Al-Jawzi in Al-Mawdoo'aat ,

and  Ibn Al-Soyooti in Al-la'aali Al-Masnoo'ah Fi Al Al-Ahaadeeth Al-Mawdhoo'ah.

and Ibn Iraq in Tabzeeh Al-Sharee'ah

and Al-Manaawi from Al-Majid Al-loghawi,

and Mohammad Salim Al-Munajjid .

The prominent Sunni scholar al-Maqreezi that Al-Hajjaj during the rule of Abdulmalik ibn Marwah ordered to announce the day of Ashura as Eid then it was taken by Ayyoubi kings who spread it among Sunni masses.

'According to Al-Kaafi, Volume 4, page 146, from Ja'far ibn Easa said: I asked (Imam) Al-Radha (AS) about fasting on the day of Ashura and what people say about it, he said: Do you ask me about the fasting of Ibn Marjaanah? That is day taken as a day of fasting by the murderers of imam Hussain(As).
'Wassalam.