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Know All About The Second Islamic Month of Safar

In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the All-Compassionate

“May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be Upon You”

Praise be to Allah, we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allah from the evil of our souls and our bad deeds.

Whomsoever Allah guides will never be led astray, and whomsoever Allah leaves astray, no one can guide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

Remember that our deen is Islam, which guides us in every aspect of life. We can only find these guidelines in the Quran and Sunnah (the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad).

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.

Some Words With Which Allah Will Benefit You

Some words with which Allah will benefit you
Some words with which Allah will benefit you

“Our Lord! do not punish us if we forget or make a mistake; Our Lord! do not lay on us a burden as Thou didst lay on those before us, Our Lord do not impose upon us that which we have not the strength to bear; and pardon us and grant us protection and have mercy on us, Thou art our Patron, so help us against the unbelieving people.”

[Sahih Al-Bukhari: Volume 3, Book 38 Representation, Authorization, Business by Proxy, Number 505]
Narrated Abu Huraira (Radi Allah Anhu): Allah’s Apostle (sal-allahu-alleihi- wasallam) deputed me to keep Sadaqat (al-Fitr) of Ramadan. A comer came and started taking handfuls of the foodstuff (of the Sadaqa) (stealthily). I took hold of him and said, “By Allah, I will take you to Allah’s Apostle (sal-allahu-alleihi- wasallam).” He said, “I am needy and have many dependents, and I am in great need.” I released him, and in the morning Allah’s Apostle (sal-allahu-alleihi- wasallam) asked me, “What did your prisoner do yesterday?” I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! The person complained of being needy and of having many dependents, so, I pitied him and let him go.” Allah’s Apostle said, “Indeed, he told you a lie, and he will be coming again.”

I believed that he would show up again, as Allah’s Apostle had told me that he would return. So, I waited for him watchfully. When he (showed up and) started stealing handfuls of foodstuff, I caught hold of him again and said, “I will definitely take you to Allah’s Apostle (sal-allahu-alleihi- wasallam). He said, “Leave me, for I am very needy and have many dependents. I promise I will not come back again.” I pitied him and let him go. In the morning Allah’s Apostle(sal-allahu-alleihi- wasallam) asked me, “What did your prisoner do.” I replied, “O Allah’s Apostle! He complained of his great need and of too many dependents, so I took pity on him and set him free.” Allah’s Apostle said, “Verily, he told you a lie, and he will return.”

I waited for him attentively for the third time, and when he (came and) started stealing handfuls of the foodstuff, I caught hold of him and said, “I will surely take you to Allah’s Apostle (sal-allahu-alleihi- wasallam) as it is the third time you promise not to return, yet you break your promise and come.” He said, “(Forgive me and) I will teach you some words with which Allah will benefit you.” I asked, “What are they?” He replied, “Whenever you go to bed, recite “Ayat-al-Kursi” — ‘Allahu la ilaha illa huwa-l-Haiy- ul Qaiyum’ till you finish the whole verse. (If you do so), Allah will appoint a guard for you who will stay with you and no satan will come near you till morning. ” So, I released him.

In the morning, Allah’s Apostle (sal-allahu-alleihi- wasallam) asked, “What did your prisoner do yesterday?” I replied, “He claimed that he would teach me some words by which Allah would benefit me, so I let him go.” Allah’s Apostle(sal-allahu-alleihi- wasallam) asked, “What are they?” I replied, “He  said to me, ‘Whenever you go to bed, recite Ayat-al-Kursi from the beginning to the end —- Allahu la ilaha illa huwa-lHaiy-ul- Qaiyum— -.’ He further said to me, ‘(If you do so), Allah will appoint a guard for you who will stay with you, and no satan will come near you till morning.’ (Abu Huraira or another sub-narrator) added that they (the companions) were very keen to do good deeds. The Prophet (sal-allahu-alleihi- wasallam) said, “He really spoke the truth, although he is an absolute liar. Do you know whom you were talking to, these three nights, O Abu Huraira?” Abu Huraira said, “No.” He  (sal-allahu-alleihi- wasallam) said, “It was Satan.”

Some Words With Which Allah Will Benefit You

God’s Hand Behind Everything

The arguments advanced by materialists who deny God and His creation of the universe are absurd, or at least childish. A child who looks in a mirror may think that the image he sees moves by itself, or that something in the mirror causes its movement. It takes the child a little understanding, realizing that the person reflected in the mirror does the movement. Many are those who, in their childish rationality, attribute to matter what it cannot do or understand. I wonder: Who produced the distinctive patterns of fingers? Is it the skin? The skin, in this case, is a passive object.

Great as the wonders of the body are, there are more wonderful aspects to the human race. Who has fashioned our intelligence or lack of it? Who has determined rashness or cool-headedness in our nature? What causes an ‘unknown soldier’ to do his heroics: is it another person? Or is it an element in his constitution?

Only stupid people deliberately lead themselves away from God. They try to ignore His higher ability with crude ignorance. What is most amazing at that is the fact that those who go this way describe themselves as more advanced and scientific. People have long denied that God is the Creator of all. They attributed things to their immediate causes, just like the child who says that the mirror is what causes the movement of the picture it reflects.

Zain ibn Khalid Al-Juhani reports: “God’s messenger led the dawn prayer at Al-Hudaibiyah — after a rainfall. When he finished, he turned to us and said: ‘Do you know what your Lord has said?’ We said: ‘God and His messenger know better’. He answered: God said, ‘Some of My servants have started the day believing in Me, and some are unbelievers. Those who say: We have been sent rain by God’s grace and mercy, believe in Me and disbelieve in the stars. Those who say: we have been sent rain because of such movement of stars disbelieve in Me and believe in the stars.”

Those who imagine that things occur without God’s ultimate power and His will are truly unbelievers. Unfortunately, there are too many in our world. Those who know that God is the Creator of all and the Giver of every blessing are the true believers. Although they may attribute things figuratively to God’s creation, they remain believers. A person who says that the summer has caused the fruits on the trees to ripen means that the warmer climate brought about that result. He does not deny God by saying so. He knows that it is God who has created the plants and trees, as aspects of the grace He bestows on His creation. The unbeliever is the one who leaves no room in his heart and mind to God, attributing things to their immediate and apparent causes. They refuse to acknowledge God’s will behind these causes. The Prophet occasionally exposed the direct reasons, giving them their true value, so that he would direct people to their Lord and help them to be always conscious of Him.

Out of His kindness to His servants, God may sometimes deprive people of what they need so that they would hasten to appeal to Him and urgently pray to Him. When He grants them their requests, they will feel true gratitude to Him. Their faith grows stronger. It is for this reason that special prayers, such as the one for rain, the prayer for a certain need, and that for help in making a choice, i.e. istikharah, are recommended.

I have seen in Makkah that when rain is slow in coming, people turn to prayer and appeal to God for help. Within a few days, there is normally a rainfall. We have seen that during the Prophet’s lifetime, the response came after the appeal. The Prophet hardly finished the prayer when the skies opened and streams were soon flooded. What I felt too strange was that when a drought recently took its heavy toll in East and West Africa, causing real famine, no one thought of praying for rain. That is because in the material civilization of our modern world, God is neither known nor appealed to. Imperialism planted the same hollow vision wherever it extended its authority.

– By SHEIKH MUHAMMAD AL-GHAZALI

Heroes Of Islam: Imam Malik

Malik ibn Anas Al-assbahi, the founder of the Maliki school of thought, was born in Madinah in 93 A.H, corresponding to 712 A.D. His parents were Arabs of Yemeni descent. His tribe, Assbah, still lives in Yemen. His grandfather, who bore the same name, Malik, arrived in Madinah to complain to the Caliph against the governor, but decided to settle in Madinah, where he met a number of the Prophet’s companion, and learnt from those who were known for their scholarly standing, such as Umar ibn Al-Khattab, Uthman ibn Affan, Aisha, Talha and many others. Thus, he became well-known as a scholar. He taught the young grandson, Malik, with the best platform to pursue his natural inclination to study.

Malik first sought to memorise the Quran, which he soon did. He then suggested to his family that he should attend scholars’ circles to write down the Hadith (sayings/doings of the Prophet Mohammed, pbuh) and Fiqh (Islamic law). They welcomed that, particularly his mother, who took extra care of his appearance, helping him to dress in his best attire, and directing him to whom he should study. She encouraged him to attend the circle of Rabi’ah ibn Abdurrahman, who was renowned for exercising scholarly discretion. Malik learnt from him this highly commendable approach, particularly because it was restrained with commitment to the hadith and the Quran.

Malik provided a great example of a student eager to improve his knowledge and achieve a standard of excellence in his scholarship. He would go to Nafi’, one of his teachers, waiting for him until he came out of his house; he would wait outside in very hot temperatures, having no shade. When Nafi’ came out, Malik would follow him, without accosting him at first, until he had walked some distance. He would then greet him and keep quiet. When he approached his destination, he would ask him one or two questions, learn the answers and memorise them.

Malik was very selective in his choice of teachers. He was keen to study under Az-Zuhri, the first specialised scholar of hadith who had studied under Saeed ibn Al-Mussayib and other celebrated scholars of the Tabi’een generation that succeeded the Prophet’s (pbuh – peace be upon him) companions. Malik reports that on one Eid day, he thought that Az-Zuhri would be free, so he went to his home and waited at his door. He heard him asking his maid to find out who was at the door. When she told him that it was Malik, he told her to let him in. He asked him: “I see that you have not gone home yet……Would you like to have something to eat?” Malik said, “No. I would only like you to teach me some hadith.” Az-Zuhri told him to take out his sheets and dictated to him 40 hadiths. Malik requested more, but the teacher said, “That should be enough for you. If you learn these well, you are a great learner.”

Rabi’ah ibn Abdurrahman was one of Malik’s teachers, as we have already mentioned. He was nicknamed Rabi’ah Ar-rai, which means ‘the-point-of-view’. This is a reference to the fact that he exercised scholarly discretion to a much greater extent than many scholars in Madinah would have liked. In Islamic scholarship, there have always been two trends. The first limits all efforts to learning the texts of the Quran and hadith, understanding their meanings, and stopping at that. The other trend tries to go deeper into the texts to understand their wider applicability and to reconcile what may appear to be a conflict between the two texts.