It is that time of year yet again: the month of Rajab is among us. And with the beginning of this month, there are just sixty days until the blessed month of Ramaḍān. Let us prepare for the month of the Qur’ān by revitalising our recitation habits, observing voluntary fasts, picking up regular small deeds, and ridding ourselves of bad habits. [1]
Such is the importance of the month of Rajab, as one of the four sacred months of the Islamic calendar, Ustadh Asif Uddin puts it in the following concise words,
“So sacrosanct are these months that some of the scholars such as Ibn ʿAbbās considered that sins in these months are worse compared to other months. Hence the words ‘so wrong not yourselves therein’ in the verse.
“Just like the effort we make for that special night in Ramaḍān in which good deeds are increased in reward, then, does it not make sense that we should avoid doing bad deeds when the punishment would be increased?
“As Allah is not just Shadīd al-ʿIqāb (Swift in punishment), but He is also al-Ghafūr al-Rahīm (The Oft-Forgiving and the Most Merciful), so good deeds in reward are increased. No one likes bargains like the Muslims do, so how can we turn down such an offer?” [2]
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Source: Islam21c
Notes
[1] https://www.wifaqululama.co.uk/1444-2/
[2] https://www.islam21c.com/islamic-thought/10092-from-rajab-to-ramadhan/
