The Month Of Rajab
Sheikh Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid
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Praise be to Allaah, the One, the Subduer, and blessings and peace be
upon the Chosen Prophet and upon his good and pure family and
companions.
Praise be to Allaah Who says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And your Lord creates whatsoever He wills and chooses” [al-Qasas 28:68].
The attribute of choosing or selecting is indicative of His Lordship
and Oneness, and of the perfection of His Wisdom, Knowledge and Power.
One aspect of His choosing and
preferring is the fact that He has chosen some days and months and given
them preference over others. Among the months, Allaah has chosen four
which He has made sacred, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Verily,
the number of months with Allaah is twelve months (in a year), so it
was ordained by Allaah on the Day when He created the heavens and the
earth; of them four are Sacred. That is the right religion, so wrong not
yourselves therein…” [al-Tawbah 9:36]
These months are calculated according to the movements of the moon, not the movements of the sun, as the kuffaar do.
The Sacred Months are mentioned by
implication in the Qur’aan, but their names are not given. Their names
are mentioned in the Sunnah:
It was reported from Abu Bakrah (may
Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet SAWS (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) gave his Farewell Sermon and said: “Time
has completed its cycle and is as it was on the Day when Allaah created
the heavens and the earth. The year is twelve months, of which four are
sacred, three consecutive months – Dhoo’l-Qa’dah, Dhoo’l-Hijjah and
Muharram – and the Rajab of Mudar which comes between Jumaada and
Sha’baan.” (Reported by al-Bukhaari, no. 1741, in [Kitaab] al-Hajj,
al-Khutbah Ayaam Mina; and by Muslim, no. 1679, in [Kitaab] al-Qisaamah,
Baab Tahreem al-Dimaa’).
It was called Rajab of Mudar because
[the tribe of] Mudar did not tamper with its timing, unlike the rest of
the Arabs, who used to tamper with the months and change their order
depending on whether they were in a state of war or not. This was the
postponing referred to in the aayah (interpretation of the meaning):
“The
postponing (of a Sacred Month) is indeed an addition to disbelief:
thereby the disbelievers are led astray, for they make it lawful one
year and forbid it another year in order to adjust the number of months
forbidden by Allaah, and make such forbidden ones lawful.” [al-Tawbah
9:37]
It was also said that the reason why it
was attributed to Mudar was because they venerated it and respected it
so much, so it was attributed to them.
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