Superstition regarding the month of Safar in marriage and circumcision
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: There are beliefs that hold that it is not permissible to marry or perform circumcision in the month of Safar.
The Shaykh:
This is from the beliefs of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). The month of Safar is like any other month; it has no special characteristic of being an unlucky month or that evil occurs in it. All of this is falsehood and has no basis. Yes. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saidSunan Ibn Majah 3539, meaning, do not take an omen as a bad sign in the month of Safar.
Another questioner:
Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger, I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger. Hurry to prayer, hurry to prayer, hurry to success, hurry to success. Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, there is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh:
There is no god but Allah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: There are beliefs that hold that it is not permissible to marry or perform circumcision in the month of Safar.
The Shaykh:
This is from the beliefs of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). The month of Safar is like any other month; it has no special characteristic of being an unlucky month or that evil occurs in it. All of this is falsehood and has no basis. Yes. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said
no omen, no Hamah and no Safar
لا طيرة ولا هامة ولا صفرAnother questioner:
Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger, I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger. Hurry to prayer, hurry to prayer, hurry to success, hurry to success. Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, there is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh:
There is no god but Allah. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تابع فصل ثم إن في اتخاذ القبور أعيادًا من المفاسد العظيمة ... - 2 — islamhouse.com (1:03:30)
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