Question:
16 June 2021 • 4.6K views
WHAT MONTH ARE WE IN?
Answer:
DHUL QI‘DAH.
Tayyib, so what's the big deal?
The big deal is, Allāh ﷻ said:
(إِنَّ عِدَّةَ ٱلشُّهُورِ عِندَ اللهِ ٱثۡنَا عَشَرَ شَهۡرࣰا فِی كِتَـٰبِ اللهِ یَوۡمَ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ مِنۡهَاۤ أَرۡبَعَةٌ حُرُمࣱۚ ذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلدِّینُ ٱلۡقَیِّمُۚ فَلَا تَظۡلِمُوا۟ فِیهِنَّ أَنفُسَكُمۡ...}
“Indeed, the number of months ordained by Allah is twelve—in Allah’s Record since the day He created the heavens and the earth—OF WHICH FOUR ARE SACRED. That is the Right Way. So do not wrong one another during these months.”
[Sūrah At-Tawbah 36]
The 12 months are:
1. Muḥarram (مُحَرَّم)
2. Ṣafar (صَفَر)
3. Rabī‘ Al-Awwal (ُرَبِيعُ ٱلْأَوَّل)
4. Rabī‘ Ath-Thānī (رَبِيعُ الثَّانِي)
5. Jumāda Al-Awwal (جُمَادَى الْأَوَّلُ)
6. Jumāda Ath-Thānī (جُمَادَى الثَّانِي)
7. Rajab (رَجَب)
8. Sha‘bān (شَعْبَان)
9. Ramḍhān (رَمَضَان)
10. Shawwāl (شَوَّال)
11. Dhul Qi‘dah (ذُو الْقِعْدَة)
12. Dhul. Ḥijjah (ذُو الْحِجَّة)
The four sacred months are:
1️⃣ Muḥarram
2️⃣ Rajab
3⃣ Dhul Qi‘dah
4️⃣ Dhul Ḥijjah
We're currently in the sacred month of Dhul qi'dah yet many of us are clueless.
Ibn ‘Abbās raḍhiyallāhu ‘anhu said: “He (ﷻ) singled out four months from them and made them sacred. He magnified their sanctity and made sinning in them more severe and made righteous deeds and the reward for them greater.” [Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr]
So beware of wronging one another during these coming months!