The Ruling on Taking an Omen from the Month of Safar and Its Remedy
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Question:
The questioner: Many people, Honorable Shaykh, take ill omens from the month of Safar. What is the legal ruling in your view, and what is the cure? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
Taking ill omens is prohibited; because it is part of superstition, and superstition is shirk (associating partners with Allah), as stated in the hadith. The month of Safar is like the other months of the year; it is a time for people’s works and their affairs. Nothing is attributed to it, and it is not cursed.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade cursing time. He said: In the Qudsi hadith that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) narrates from his Lord, He said: Sahih Muslim 2246b. The month of Safar and the others are merely a time that Allah has made for the deeds of the children of Adam. There is no good or evil in it, except what is done in it of good or evil. Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Fatihah 1:1] and the time.
[Al-'Asr 103:2-3] So whoever preserves this time for his benefit in obedience to Allah, he will be saved from loss, and whoever wastes it has lost. This is what encourages a person to look at his speech. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: and [At-Talaq 65:2] so let him say good or remain silent. The tongue is dangerous if a person lets it loose in backbiting, talebearing, cursing, insulting, and the like, for it is dangerous. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So this verse contains an encouragement to reform speech: [Al-Ahzab 33:70-71]. Yes.
The questioner: Many people, Honorable Shaykh, take ill omens from the month of Safar. What is the legal ruling in your view, and what is the cure? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
Taking ill omens is prohibited; because it is part of superstition, and superstition is shirk (associating partners with Allah), as stated in the hadith. The month of Safar is like the other months of the year; it is a time for people’s works and their affairs. Nothing is attributed to it, and it is not cursed.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade cursing time. He said:
Do not curse.
لا تسب.The son of Adam displeases Me by abusing Dahr (time), whereas I am Dahr--I alternate the night and the day.
يؤذيني ابن آدم يسب الدهر وأنا الدهر أقلب الليل والنهارIn the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ(2) Indeed, mankind is in loss, (3) Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِwhoever should believe in Allah and the Last day
مَن كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِWho guarantees for me what is between his two jaws, meaning his tongue, and what is between his two legs, meaning his private parts, I guarantee for him Paradise.
من يضمن لي ما بين لحييه يعني اللسان وما بين رجليه يعني الفرج أضمن له الجنة،(70) O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice. (71) He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيدًا يُصْلِحْ لَكُمْ أَعْمَالَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَمَن يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا
Source
فتاوى على الهواء 26-01-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (5:30)
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