Know All About The Second Islamic Month of Safar
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Get the truth about the month of Safar and know that there are no Superstitions, bad omens, unfortunate Calamities, or Prohibition of marriage related to this month.
The month of Safar is the second month in the Islamic calendar. Safar literally means the whistling of winds. This name was given because of the weather conditions of that time.
What events took place in the history of the month of Safar?
1: The Beloved daughter of Prophet Muhammad (saw), Fatima (R.A) married Ali (R.A) in this month.
2: Prophet Muhammad fell sick at the end of this month and died in the same sickness in the next month on the 12th of Rabiul-Awwal.
3: Ghazwa-e- Khaiber (battle) took place in the same month.
4: Battle of Abwaa also took place in the month of Safar.
What is the misconception about Safar?
Unlucky happenings such as Diseases, curses, evils, loss in business, and all the misfortunes are attributed to that month. People try to apply many tricks to protect themselves from all the misfortunes, but this concept is nothing more than a misconception based on the poor knowledge of Islam. No Muslim should fall into these conceptions, which have no foundation in truth.
What did Prophet Muhammad guide us about Safar?
Prophet Muhammad said about Safar;“No adwaa [transmission of infectious disease without the permission of
Allah], no tiyarah [superstitious belief in bird omens], no haamah [refers to a Jaahili Arab tradition described variously as: a worm that infests the grave of a murder victim until he is avenged; an owl; or the bones of a dead person turned into a bird that could fly], and no Safar [the month of Safar was regarded as “unlucky” in the Jaahiliyyah].”
[Translators notes are in square brackets]. (Reported by al-Bukhari, 5757, and Muslim, 2220)
What did the companions of Prophet Muhammad (sahabah) say about this month?
Jaabir (R.A) very clearly mentions the superstitions and the wrong concept of Safar: “I have heard the Prophet saying, the descending of illness and evil superstition befalling in the month of Safar is untrue.” (Muslim)
What Quran say about the month of Safar?
Quran explicitly rejects this concept of bad omen by saying; And [for] every person We have imposed his fate upon his neck, and We will produce for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which he will encounter spread open. [It will be said], “Read your record. Sufficient is yourself against you this Day as accountant.” (13, 14 sura bani israel)
What comes to you of good is from Allah, but what comes to you of evil, [O man], is from yourself. And We have sent you, [O Muhammad], to the people as a messenger, and sufficient is Allah as Witness. (79 surah nisa)
There are no bad omens, or calamities in any person or any month or any date, or number in Islam. If something wrong happens to someone, it is due to their evil deeds. We have to work on ourselves to remove calamities from our lives.