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The correct in virtue of Rajab month
- January 30, 2023
- Posted by: Tasneem Ragab
- Category: Blessed Days Blog
The correct in virtue of Rajab month | The sacred months permitted travelers to travel securely to and from the sacred lands. This specific reason is less important nowadays when we don’t require an entire month to travel to Makkah!
The purpose of the sacred months
Our deeds weigh heavier on the scales over these four months. Allah commands us: ‘Do not off-base yourselves amid them’ [The Respectable Qur’an, 9:36] since it is graver to sin amid a sacrosanct month. Similarly, it becomes more rewardable to perform a great deed!
Numerous conventions detailed in the Ahl al-Bayt (‘a) illustrate the fabulousness and merits of the month of Rajab.1 In his books, al-Majalis and Thawab al-A’mal, Shaykh al-Saduq has detailed that Abu-Sa’id al-Khidri cited the Heavenly Prophet (S) as saying:
Behold! The month of Ragab is the all-holy month of Almighty Allah and it is a great month. It has been described thus because no other month can reach its holiness and excellence before Almighty Allah. Although they were ignorant, the people of the pre-Islamic era used to hold this month in the highest regard, and when Islam came, this month increased even more in veneration and excellence. Behold! Rajab is the month of Almighty Allah, Sha’ban is my month, and Ramadhan is the month of my people. Behold! Whoever observes fasting on one day of this month, believing in its excellence and intending to seek the pleasure of the Lord, will bindingly win the Grand Pleasure of the Lord.
The Heavenly Prophet (S) at that point counted numerous rewards for those who quick for any number of days this month.2 Shaykh al-Saduq has too detailed Imam Musa al-Kazim (‘a) as saying:
Rajab is (the name of) a river in Paradise that is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. Hence, if one fasts for even a single day in Rajab, Almighty Allah will allow him to drink from that river.
Rajab is a great month during which Almighty Allah doubles the rewards of good actions and erases the punishments for evil actions. If one fasts on one day in Rajab, Hellfire moves away from him, a distance of one year of walking. One who fasts for three days in Rajab will bindingly win Paradise.
Through several chains of specialists, a few of which are substantial, Imam al-Sadiq (‘a) is detailed to have said:
On the first of Rajab, (Prophet) Noah (‘a) embarked on the Ark; he, therefore, ordered those who accompanied him to fast on that day. If one fasts on this day in Rajab, Hellfire will go away from him a distance of one year on foot. If one fast for seven days of Rajab, the seven gates of the Fire will close in his face. If one fast for eight days of Rajab, the eight gates of Paradise will be wide open before him. If one fast for fifteen days, his request will be granted. If one fast for more days, he will gain more rewards from Almighty Allah.
Rites of Rajab
Shaykh al-Qummi, in Mafatih al-Jinan, has partitioned the ceremonies of Rajab into two sections. To begin with, the area comprises the common customs that one is prompted to hone each day of the month. These ceremonies are as follows:
Supplications
Several supplications with profoundly respected substance ought to be recounted each day of Rajab as detailed by Imam Zayn al-’Abidin, Imam al-Sadiq, and Imam al-Mahdi, peace be upon them all.
Things To Do In Rajab
It is the ‘month of Allah’ and a sacrosanct month, supernaturally chosen for pivotal occasions such as Al-Isra’ wal-Mi’raj. It is additionally a month in which Allah’s favors and leniency pour down on us. It is suggested that we look for absolution all through Rajab, but particularly during the primary night because it has been described that our du’as are replied on this night. It is additionally Sunnah to utilize this month to plan for Ramadan, which is as it were two months absent!
Presently, sometime recently you go, we’d like to welcome you to an Astounding venture opportunity this Rajab! Connect us in enlightening the Arch of the Shake Masjid, found in the middle of the Favored Masjid Al-Aqsa complex, and accepted to be the precise place where the Prophet (saw) rose through the sky on Al-Isra’ wal-Mi’raj!
Enlightening Al-Aqsa – which incorporates the Arch of the Shake – carries the unimaginable remuneration of asking there, worth 1,000 supplications! And what way better time to respect this image of Allah than amid Rajab, the sacrosanct month of Allah amid which His gifts pour down upon us?