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DURING THE
MONTH OF
LECTURE BY ABLAH SAFIYAH
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▪ . Allah has organized a system
for us to follow in order to gain
His pleasure such as:
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▪ Moreover, we find that any act of worship
which causes the people to come closer to
Allah Almighty is mentioned in His Book
or in the Sunnah of His Prophet.
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▪The Prophet said during
his farewell pilgrimage,
▪ “I have left with you that,
which if you adhere to,
you will never go astray,
the Book of Allah and my
Sunnah”.
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▪ “Verily, the number of months with
Allaah is twelve months (in a year),
so was it ordained by Allaah on the
The month of Rajab Day when He created the heavens
is one of the sacred and the earth;
months of which
Allah says ▪ of them four are Sacred (i.e. the 1st,
(interpretation of the 7th, the 11th and the 12th months
the meaning): of the Islamic calendar). That is the
right religion, so wrong not
yourselves therein”[al-Tawbah 9:36]
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MUHARRAM RAJAB
THA SACRED
MONTHS ARE
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▪ Al-Bukhaari (4662) and Muslim
(1679) narrated from Abu Bakrah
(may Allaah be pleased with him)
that the Prophet said: “The year is
twelve months, of which four are
sacred: three consecutive months,
Dhu’l-Qa’dah, Dhu’l-Hijjah and
Muharram, and Rajab Mudar which
comes between Jumaada and
Sha’baan.
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▪ These months are called
sacred for two reasons:
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▪ There are many rulings related to the
month of Rajab. Some of them existed
in the pre-Islamic era and scholars
differed regarding their continuation
after Islam such as the prohibition of
killing and slaughtering certain
sacrifices.
▪ Some others first appeared along with
the advent of Islam such as
performing certain prayer, fasting,
‘Umrah and the like.We will touch
upon this topic in detail and the
innovations practised in this month.
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▪Innovation 1.
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▪Innovation 3.
▪ There is no authentic Hadeeth in
this regard and so this practice
should be abandoned.
▪ On the other hand, those who are in
the habit of fasting regularly, even
in during other months, may fast.
Moreover, the Prophet never fasted
any month in full other than
Ramadan,
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▪Innovation 3….CONT
▪ As narrated by ‘Aa’ishah‘The
Prophet used to fast so much until
we would think that he always fasts,
and would stop fasting until we
would think that he never fasts. I
never saw the Prophet fast a full
month except during Ramadan, and
he never fasted more than fasting
during the month of Sha’baan.’
▪ {Al-Bukhari: Volume 3, Book 31, Number 192 and Muslim}
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▪Innovation 3. …CONT
▪ It was narrated that ‘Umarused to hit
men’s hands until they would start using
them to eat during the month of Rajab,
and he would say, ‘What is the virtue of
Rajab? It is a month which the people
during the pre-Islamic period used to
honor, but when Islam came, people
gave this up.’
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▪ [Recorded by Bukhari and Muslim]
▪Innovation 7
Permissibility to visit graves is based
on the Hadith in which the Prophet
says:
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