![]() ![]() Say: These are signs to mark fixed periods of time for mankind and for the pilgrimage.” Quran Suarh Baqarah 2:189. He says: “They ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم ) about the new moons. It helps us to mark the beginning and end of Months and Allah has also told us that there are twelve months. And We have explained everything (in detail) with full explanation.” (Al Isra 17:12) Allah has also told us the purpose of the different stages of the Moon. Then, We have obliterated the sign of the night (with darkness) while We have made the sign of the day illuminating, that you may seek bounty from your Lord, and that you may know the number of the years and the reckoning. Īllah says, "And We have appointed the night and the day as two signs. How can any day or month be unlucky or be a portent of bad omen when infact months and years are formed by the alteration of day and nights and Allah has made day and night as a sign and to help us make the calendar. All such superstitions and beliefs have no basis in Islam what so ever. On one hand, bad lucks and omens have been associated with this month and on the other hand self made solutions for such things have been proposed as well, such as not holding marriages in this month, boiling chick peas and distributing them so that the bad omens are passed on to others, making 365 balls of flour and throwing them in water so that bad omens are driven away and provision is increased, reciting Surah Muzammil 313 times, considering this month to be ‘hard’ for the dead and considering the 13th of this month referred to as ‘tairah teezi’ to be unlucky. There are many misconceptions prevalent amongst the people regarding this month. Battle of Bi’r Ma’oonah (the well of Ma’oonah).Marriage of Faatimah (may Allaah be pleased with her).Peace treaty with Makhshiy ibn 'Amr al-Dumari.Important events in the life of the Prophet(S) in the month of Safar.Innovations and false beliefs concerning this month.Historical Perspective - the Arabs of the Jaahiliyyah.Like the saying goes in Arabic ‘Sifrun minal Mata’a’ which means ‘ The house were vacated(from its furniture, things etc)” The famous hadith scholar and historian Sakhawi has written in his famous book, ‘Al Mashoor Fi Asma-il ayam walshahoor’ that this was the reason for naming of this month as ‘safar.’ When the Arabs saw that during this month many crimes were committed, people killed and houses emptied, they associated bad omens, and ill fate with this month, instead of looking at their own evil deeds and wrong doings, where as Allah has told us that every person is responsible for his own omen and fate. The word ‘Safrun or ‘Sifrun’ means ‘to become vacant’. Thus the idiom ‘Safar al Makaan’ meaning empty houses became famous. (See Lisaan al-'Arab by Ibn al-Mandhoor, part 4, p. It was also said that this month is named Safar because they used to raid other tribes at this time, and they would leave those whom they encountered bereft of their possessions (sifran min al-mataa’) – i.e., they would take all their belongings away and they would leave them with nothing. Some of the (scholars) said that it is so named because of the emptying (isfaar) of Makkah (i.e., its people would all leave) when they travelled during this month. ![]() in this month.Safar is the second month of the lunar calendar in Islam. There is no problem in holding marriages etc. ![]() Therefore, Muslims should not give ear to such superstitions. Especially in the case of the month of Safar, he expressly said, “(To hold) the month of Safar (as unlucky) is nothing.” The Holy Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) eradicated all such superstitious beliefs. This belief is totally baseless and it is a part of the superstitions rampant in the ignorants of Arabia before the advent of Islam. Some people believe that this month is an unlucky month, therefore, they avoid to hold marriage ceremonies or any other happy gatherings in this month. However, no specific mode of worship or other special rules are set by the Shari’ah to observe this month. It is one of “Al-Ashhur-al-hurum” the four sanctified months in which battle was prohibited in the days of the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). “ Safar” is the second month in the Islamic calendar. ![]()
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