Fasting the month of Rajab

[afrarzk]

Fasting the month of Rajab​

Kharshah bin al-Harra:

I saw 'Umar bin al-Khattaab beating the hands of people in the month of Rajab, so they would put their hands in the utensils (ie to eat and not fast) saying:

'Eat, for verily the people of Jaahiliyyah (pre-Islamic era) were the ones who gave this month reverence.'

Ibn 'Umar would dislike seeing people preparing (food to fast specifically) for Rajab.

Ibn 'Abbaas would prohibit people from fasting in the month of Rajab, for fear of it becoming a custom and tradition amongst people.

Aboo 'Abdillaah al-Ansaaree would not fast anything of Rajab and would say

There are no authentic narrations from the Prophet concerning fasting of the month of Rajab.

Shaikh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah:

And all the hadiths concerning the fasting of the month of Rajab are all fabrications.

Ibn Rajab:

There are no authentic hadeeths, whatsoever, urging us to single out the month of Rajab for fasting.

Jamaal ud-Deen al-Qaasimee:

'Whoever studies the books of hadeeth containing the weak and fabricated narrations will quickly realise that all the narrations concerning fasting the month of Rajab are baseless.

Ibn 'Uthaymeen:

The month of Rajab has no particular Salah or fasting attributed to it, they are all lies.

IMPORTANT:

However if a person wishes to fast during this month he may do so, but it should not be because he thinks this month has a special virtue attached to it, neither should he call people towards it specifically, making people think the fasting of this month is a Sunnah from the Messenger of Allaah - salallaahu alyhi wasallam-.

[al-Ahaadeeth ad-Dha'eefah v. 3 p.1023-1025]

 

[finding light]

JazakAllah Khair for sharing. I was looking for just the thing to respond to the 100 emails I received with regards to fasting in Rajab.

 

[afrarzk]

JazakAllah Khair for sharing. I was looking for just the thing to respond to the 100 emails I received with regards to fasting in Rajab.

waiyyaki sis.........mashaallah.....

May Allah help all of us to spread out the true knowledge of our deen......ameen ya rabb

 

[Aziboy]

Assalam Alaykum,

The month of Rajab is one of the sacred months of which Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):​

“Verily, the number of months with Allaah is twelve months (in a year), so was it ordained by Allaah on the Day when He created the heavens and the earth; of them four are Sacred (i.e. the 1st, the 7th, the 11th and the 12th months of the Islamic calendar). That is the right religion, so wrong not yourselves therein” [al-Tawbah 9:36]​

The sacred months are: Rajab, Dhu’l-Qa’dah, Dhu’l-Hijjah and Muharram.
Al-Bukhaari (4662) and Muslim (1679) narrated from Abu Bakrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The year is twelve months, of which four are sacred: three consecutive months, Dhu’l-Qa’dah, Dhu’l-Hijjah and Muharram, and Rajab Mudar which comes between Jumaada and Sha’baan.​

These months are called sacred for two reasons:
1- Because fighting therein is forbidden unless initiated by the enemy
2- Because transgression of the sacred limits therein is worse than at other times.​

Hence Allaah has forbidden us to commit sins during these months, as He says (interpretation of the meaning):
“wrong not yourselves therein” [al-Tawbah 9:36]​

With regard to fasting the month of Rajab, there is no saheeh hadeeth to indicate that there is any special virtue in fasting all or part of this month.​

What some people do, singling out some days of Rajab for fasting, believing that they are better than others, has no basis in sharee’ah.​

But there is a report from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) which indicates that it is mustahabb to fast during the sacred months (and Rajab is one of the sacred months). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Fast some days of the sacred months and not others.” Narrated by Abu Dawood, 2428; classed as da’eef by al-Albaani in Da’eef Abi Dawood.​

Even if this hadeeth were saheeh, it indicates that it is mustahabb to fast during the sacred months. So if a person fasts during Rajab because of this, and he also fasts in the other sacred months, there is nothing wrong with that. But singling out Rajab for fasting is not right.

Ma'Salam​

 

[Asif1]

Jazak Allahu Khair