Singling out the month of Rajab for fasting
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Question:
Many people fast in the month of Rajab and believe that it has a virtue over the other months. Has anything been reported regarding this? Please advise us, and may Allah reward you.
Answer:
Nothing has ever been reported regarding the singling out of Rajab. Everything that has been reported has not been authenticated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The scholars of hadith, such as Ibn Rajab and others, have clarified this. Ibn Rajab, and also Ibn Hajar, who wrote a treatise titled Bayan al-Adwa fi ma ward fi shahr Rajab (Clarification of the Plague Regarding What Has Been Reported About the Month of Rajab). Everything that is narrated about the singling out of the month of Rajab has not been authenticated as having a specific virtue over the other months. It is only one of the sacred months.
However, it has not been established that it is singled out for worship. One who singles it out is an innovator, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih Muslim 1718a Yes.
Many people fast in the month of Rajab and believe that it has a virtue over the other months. Has anything been reported regarding this? Please advise us, and may Allah reward you.
Answer:
Nothing has ever been reported regarding the singling out of Rajab. Everything that has been reported has not been authenticated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The scholars of hadith, such as Ibn Rajab and others, have clarified this. Ibn Rajab, and also Ibn Hajar, who wrote a treatise titled Bayan al-Adwa fi ma ward fi shahr Rajab (Clarification of the Plague Regarding What Has Been Reported About the Month of Rajab). Everything that is narrated about the singling out of the month of Rajab has not been authenticated as having a specific virtue over the other months. It is only one of the sacred months.
However, it has not been established that it is singled out for worship. One who singles it out is an innovator, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who innovates things in our affairs for which there is no valid (reason) (commits sin) and these are to be rejected.
من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو رد
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نعمة الإسلام — alfawzan.live (39:08)
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