The Sacred Months/al-Ashhur al-Hurum

[Abu Thar Jawad]

We entered the sacred months...

May Allah reward Sheikh Maher Al Qahtani for what Allah subhanah has allowed him to remind us from the importance of these months.


BismiLah al hamduliLah wa salat wa salam 'ala RassuliLah

Allah says

“Indeed, the number of months with Allaah is twelve [lunar] months in the register of Allaah [from] the day He created the heavens and the earth; of these, four are sacred. That is the correct religion, so do not wrong yourselves during them…”(At-Tawbah: 36).

The sacred months are Thul-Qi’dah, Thul-Hijjah, Muharram and Rajab. Fear Allah in this month of Thul-Qi'dah barakaAllahu feek as the sin in it is greater.

Also Allah's sacred month of Muharram is a blessed and important month. It is the first month of the Hijri calendar and is one of the four sacred months as Allah says in the verse mentioned above

Abu Bakrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said

"The year is twelve months of which four are sacred, the three consecutive months of Dhu'l-Qa'dah, Dhu'l-Hijjah and Muharram, and Rajab Mudar which comes between Jumada and Sha'ban." Reported by al-Bukhari, 2958

Muharram is so called because it is a sacred (muharram) month and to confirm its sanctity
Allah's words: "... so wrong not yourselves therein ... " mean do not wrong yourselves in these sacred months, because sin in these months is worse than in other months. It was reported that Ibn 'Abbas said that this phrase referred to all the months, then these four were singled out and made sacred, so that sin in these months is more serious and good deeds bring a greater reward.

Qutadah said concerning this phrase that wrongdoing during the sacred months is more serious and more sinful that wrongdoing at any other time. Wrongdoing at any time is a serious matter, but Allah gives more weight to whichever of His commands He will. Allah has chosen certain ones of His creation. He has chosen from among the angels Messengers and from among mankind Messengers. He chose from among speech the remembrance of Him (dhikr). He chose from among the earth the mosques, from among the months Ramadhan and the sacred months, from among the days Friday and from among the nights Laylat al-Qadr, so venerate that which Allah has told us to venerate. People of understanding and wisdom venerate the things that Allah has told us to venerate.


[Summarized from the Tafsir of Ibn Kathir, may Allah have mercy on him.]


And Allah knows best and may Allah peace and blessings be upon Muhammed