The meaning of the hadith: "And there is no Safar"
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Regarding the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), is it true that the Arabs used to take an omen as a bad sign from this month?
Answer:
Yes, that is one opinion. The intended meaning of "and there is no Safar" is the month of Safar, because they used to take an omen as a bad sign from it. The second opinion is that "and there is no Safar" refers to a disease, a disease of the internal organs called Safar, and they believed that it spreads and is contagious by itself. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) denied that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Regarding the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
And there is no Safar
ولا صفرAnswer:
Yes, that is one opinion. The intended meaning of "and there is no Safar" is the month of Safar, because they used to take an omen as a bad sign from it. The second opinion is that "and there is no Safar" refers to a disease, a disease of the internal organs called Safar, and they believed that it spreads and is contagious by itself. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) denied that. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ومن كيده وتلاعبه ما تلاعب بعباد النار حتى اتخذوها آلهة معبودة — islamhouse.com (58:55)
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