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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Ruling on Singling Out the Month of Rajab for Worship

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Question:
As for the first question of this evening, the questioner asks: Did it come from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Deeds specified in the month of Rajab?أعمال مخصصة في شهر رجب؟
and is fasting in it prescribed?

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worldsبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم، الحمد لله رب العالمين
Sunan Abi Dawud 4001Sahih (Al-Albani)
, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad. The month of Rajab is like the other months; it has not been established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that it is singled out for worship to the exclusion of others. So, the one who singles out the month of Rajab for worship among the acts of worship is an innovator. His saying (peace and blessings be upon him)
He who did any act for which there is no sanction from our behalf, thatمن عمل عملا ليس عليه أمرنا فهو
Sahih Muslim 1718b
a man. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not prescribe a specific worship for the month of Rajab. It has no virtue over the other months. The one who has a deed and is continuing with it should continue with it in Rajab, but to single out the month of Rajab for worship, this is a rejected innovation.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل ورد عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أعمال مخصصة في شهر رجب؟ وهل الصيام له مشروعية؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com (0:27)

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