Allah\u2019s sacred month of Muharram is a blessed and important month. It is the first month of the Hijri calendar and is one of the four sacred months concerning which Allah says:<\/p>\n
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\nVerily, the number of months with Allah is twelve months (in a year), so was it ordained by Allah on the Day when He created the heavens and the earth; of them four are Sacred. That is the right religion, so wrong not yourselves therein. [At-Tawbah 9:36]<\/p>\n
Muharram is so called because it is a sacred (Muharram) month and to confirm its sanctity. Allah\u2019s words \u201cso wrong not yourselves therein.\u201d mean do not wrong yourselves in these sacred months, because sin in these months is worse than in other months. It was reported that Ibn \u2018Abbas (RA) said that this phrase (so wrong not yourselves therein.) referred to all the months, then these four were singled out and made sacred, so that sin in these months is more serious and good deeds bring a greater reward. Qatadah (rahimahullah) said concerning this phrase (so wrong not yourselves therein.) that wrongdoing during the sacred months is more serious and more sinful than wrongdoing at any other time.<\/p>\n
The Hadeeth which encourages us to observe more nafl fasts during Muharram also gives us a further understanding of the virtue of this month. Abu Hurairah (RA) narrates: \u201cthe Messenger of Allah \ufdfa said:
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\n\u2018The best of fasting after Ramadan is fasting Allah\u2019s month of Muharram.\u2019 [Muslim, 1982]<\/p>\n
The phrase \u201cAllah\u2019s month\u201d, connecting the name of the month to the name of Allah in a genitive grammatical structure, signifies the importance of the month. Al-Qaari (rahimahullah) said: \u201cthe apparent meaning is all of the month of Muharram.\u201d, but it was proven that the prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) never fasted any whole month apart from Ramadan, so this hadeeth is probably meant to encourage increasing one\u2019s fasting during Muharram, without meaning that one should fast for the entire month.<\/p>\n
Why do we fast?
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\nNarrated Abu Musa (RA): When the Prophet \ufdfa arrived at Medina, he noticed that some people among the Jews used to respect Ashura’ (i.e. 10th of Muharram) and fast on it. The Prophet \ufdfa then said, “We have more right to observe fast on this day.” and ordered that fasting should be observed on it. [Bukhari]<\/p>\n
In fact the fasting of Muharram was obligatory before the fasting of Ramadaan.
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\n\u200fNarrated Ibn `Umar (RA): The Prophet (\ufdfa) observed the fast on the 10th of Muharram (‘Ashura), and ordered (Muslims) to fast on that day, but when the fasting of the month of Ramadan was prescribed, the fasting of the ‘Ashura’ was abandoned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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