the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, as ˹the month of˺ Rajab entered, used to say, "O Allah, bless us in ˹the months of˺ Rajab and Shaʿbān, and let us reach ˹the month of˺ Ramaḍān."
كَانَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ إِذَا دَخَلَ رَجَب قَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا في رَجَبٍ وَشَعْبَانَ وَبَلِّغْنَا رَمَضَانَ۔»
[Machine] I came to the Prophet ﷺ and recited to him [the poem of Hitya ibn al-Rijaz]:
O Malik of the people and judge of the Arabs,
I met a dejection of dejections in the morning,
I sought food from it in Rajab,
But it left me in dispute and fled,
It broke the covenant and clung to sin,
And they are an evil conqueror for the one it conquers,
So the Prophet ﷺ said at that time,
أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَنْشَدْتُهُ[البحر الرجز]يَا مَالِكَ النَّاسِ وَدَيَّانَ الْعَرَبْ إِنِّي لَقِيتُ ذِرْبَةً مِنَ الذِّرَبْغَدَوْتُ أَبْغِيهَا الطَّعَامَ فِي رَجَبْ فَخَلَّفَتْنِي بِنِزَاعٍ وَهَرَبْأَخْلَفَتِ الْعَهْدَ وَلَطَّتْ بِالذَّنَبْ وَهُنَّ شَرُّ غَالِبٍ لِمَنْ غَلَبْقَالَ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ وَهُنَّ شَرُّ غَالِبٍ لِمَنْ غَلَبْ
[Machine] “I came to the Prophet of God ﷺ and recited to him:
‘O Master of mankind and Judge of the Arabs … indeed I have encountered a harsh one among the harsh.
I set out seeking from her food in Rajab … but she met me with pulling-away and with eyelashes.
She broke the pledge and tucked her tail … and they are the worst of victors over those they defeat.’
Then the Prophet ﷺ began repeating it and saying: ‘And they are the worst of victors over those they defeat.’”
" أَتَيْتُ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَنْشَدْتُهُ:
يَا مَالِكَ النَّاسِ وَدَيَّانَ العَرَبِ ... إنِّى لَقِيتُ ذَرْبَةً مِنَ الذِّرَبِ
غَدَوْتُ أَبْغيهَا الطَّعَامَ فِى رَجَبٍ ... فَخَلفَتْنِى بِنِزَاعٍ وَهَدَبٍ
أَخْلَفَت الْعَهْدَ وَلَطَّتْ بِالذَّنَبِ ... وَهُنَّ شَرُّ غَالِبٍ لِمَنْ غَلَبَ
فَجَعَلَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ يَتَمَثَّلُهَا وَيَقُولُ: وَهُنَّ شَرُّ غَالِبٍ لِمَنْ غَلَبَ".
[Machine] I entered the mosque with ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr, and there was Ibn ʿUmar leaning against ʿĀ’ishah’s room, while some people were performing the forenoon (ḍuḥā) prayer. ʿUrwah said to him, “Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, what is this prayer?” He replied, “An innovation.” Then ʿUrwah said to him, “Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, how many ʿumrahs did the Prophet ﷺ perform?” He said, “Four—one of them in Rajab.” He said: We heard ʿĀ’ishah clearing her throat in the room, so ʿUrwah said to her, “Indeed Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān claims that the Prophet ﷺ performed four ʿumrahs, one of them in Rajab?” She said, “May Allah have mercy on Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. The Prophet ﷺ never performed ʿumrah except that he was with him, and he never performed ʿumrah in Rajab.”
دَخَلْتُ مَعَ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا ابْنُ عُمَرَ مُسْتَنِدٌ إِلَى حُجْرَةِ عَائِشَةَ وَأُنَاسٌ يُصَلُّونَ الضُّحَى فَقَالَ لَهُ عُرْوَةُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةُ؟ قَالَ بِدْعَةٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُرْوَةُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ كَمِ اعْتَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَ أَرْبَعًا إِحْدَاهُنَّ فِي رَجَبٍ قَالَ وَسَمِعْنَا اسْتِنَانَ عَائِشَةَ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ فَقَالَ لَهَا عُرْوَةُ إِنَّ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ اعْتَمَرَ أَرْبَعًا إِحْدَاهُنَّ فِي رَجَبٍ؟ فَقَالَتْ يَرْحَمُ اللهُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا اعْتَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَّا وَهُوَ مَعَهُ وَمَا اعْتَمَرَ فِي رَجَبٍ قَطُّ
[Machine] I and ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr entered the mosque and found ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar there, so we sat with him. He said: We then saw some men praying al-Ḍuḥā, so we said, “O Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, what is this prayer?” He replied, “An innovation.” Then we said to him, “How many ʿumrahs did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform?” He said, “Four, one of them in Rajab.” He said: We were too shy to respond to him. He said: Then we heard the sound of the teeth of the Mother of the Believers ʿĀʾishah, and ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr said to her, “O Mother of the Believers, do you not hear what Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān is saying? He says the Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed four ʿumrahs, one of them in Rajab.” She said, “May Allah have mercy on Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. He did not perform any ʿumrah except that he (Ibn ʿUmar) was present for it, and he did not perform any ʿumrah in Rajab.”
دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَعُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا نَحْنُ بِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ فَجَالَسْنَاهُ قَالَ فَإِذَا رِجَالٌ يُصَلُّونَ الضُّحَى فَقُلْنَا يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا هَذِهِ الصَّلَاةُ؟ فَقَالَ بِدْعَةٌ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ كَمِ اعْتَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ أَرْبَعًا إِحْدَاهُنَّ فِي رَجَبٍ قَالَ فَاسْتَحْيَيْنَا أَنْ نَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَسَمِعْنَا اسْتِنَانَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَ لَهَا عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ يَا أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَلَا تَسْمَعِي مَا يَقُولُ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ؟! يَقُولُ اعْتَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعًا إِحْدَاهُنَّ فِي رَجَبٍ فَقَالَتْ يَرْحَمُ اللهُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْتَمِرْ عُمْرَةً إِلَّا وَهُوَ شَاهِدُهَا وَمَا اعْتَمَرَ شَيْئًا فِي رَجَبٍ
Urwa bin Az-Zubair and I entered the Mosque (of the Prophet) and saw ʿAbdullah bin ʿUmar sitting near the dwelling place of Aisha and some people were offering the Duha prayer. We asked him about their prayer and he replied that it was a heresy. He (Urwa) then asked him how many times the Prophet ﷺ had performed ʿUmra. He replied, 'Four times; one of them was in the month of Rajab." We disliked to contradict him. Then we heard ʿAisha, the Mother of faithful believers cleaning her teeth with Siwak in the dwelling place. 'Urwa said, "O Mother! O Mother of the believers! Don't you hear what Abu ʿAbdur Rahman is saying?" She said, "What does he say?" 'Urwa said, "He says that Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed four ʿUmra and one of them was in the month of Rajab." ʿAisha said, "May Allah be merciful to Abu ʿAbdur Rahman! The Prophet ﷺ did not perform any ʿUmra except that he was with him, and he never performed any ʿUmra in Rajab." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1775)
دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَعُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ جَالِسٌ إِلَى حُجْرَةِ عَائِشَةَ ؓ وَإِذَا أُنَاسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ يُصَلُّونَ صَلَاةَ الضُّحَى قَالَ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْ صَلَاتِهِمْ فَقَالَ بِدْعَةٌ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالُوا لَهُ كَمِ اعْتَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ؟ قَالَ أَرْبَعًا إِحْدَاهُنَّ فِي رَجَبٍ قَالَ فَكَرِهْنَا أَنْ نُكَذِّبَهُ وَنَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ وَسَمِعْنَا اسْتِنَانَ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؓ خَلْفَ الْحُجْرَةِ قَالَ فَقَالَ عُرْوَةُ يَا أُمَّهْ أَلَمْ تَسْمَعِي إِلَى مَا يَقُولُ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ؟ قَالَتْ مَا يَقُولُ؟ قَالَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ اعْتَمَرَ أَرْبَعَ عُمَرٍ إِحْدَاهُنَّ فِي رَجَبٍ قَالَتْ يَرْحَمُ اللهُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا اعْتَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عُمْرَةً إِلَّا وَهُوَ شَاهِدٌ وَمَا اعْتَمَرَ فِي رَجَبٍ قَطُّ
[Machine] Urwah ibn al-Zubayr asked Ibn Umar, "In which month did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ perform Umrah?" He replied, "In the month of Rajab." Aisha overheard and Ibn Zubayr asked her and informed her of what Ibn Umar said. She said, "May Allah have mercy on Abu 'Abd al-Rahman, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ never performed Umrah except in the month of Dhul-Hijjah."
سَأَلَ عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ ابْنَ عُمَرَ فِي أَيِّ شَهْرٍ اعْتَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ فِي رَجَبٍ فَسَمِعَتْنَا عَائِشَةُ فَسَأَلَهَا ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ وَأَخْبَرَهَابِقَوْلِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ؟ فَقَالَتْ يَرْحَمُ اللهُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَا اعْتَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عُمْرَةً إِلَّا قَدْ شَهِدَهَا وَمَا اعْتَمَرَ عُمْرَةً قَطُّ إِلَّا فِي ذِي الْحِجَّةِ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast on certain days until it was said that he never breaks his fast, and he would break his fast on certain days until it was said that he hardly ever fasts, except for two days of the week, unless there was a fasting in the month, then he would fast those two days as well. He did not fast any month as much as he fasted in Sha'ban. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, you fast so much that it seems like you never break your fast, and you break your fast so much that it seems like you hardly ever fast. He said, "Which two days?" I said, "Monday and Thursday." He said, "Those are two days when deeds are shown (to Allah) and I love that my deeds should be shown (to Allah) when I am fasting." I said, "And I have never seen you fasting in any month as you fast in Sha'ban." He said, "That is a month between Rajab and Ramadan that people neglect, but it is a month in which deeds are raised up to the Lord of the worlds, and I love that my deeds should be raised up when I am fasting."
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَصُومُ الْأَيَّامَ يَسْرُدُ حَتَّى يُقَالَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ الْأَيَّامَ حَتَّى لَا يَكَادَ أَنْ يَصُومَ إِلَّا يَوْمَيْنِ مِنَ الْجُمُعَةِ إِنْ كَانَ فِي صِيَامِهِ وَإِلَّا صَامَهُمَا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَصُومُ مِنْ شَهْرٍ مِنَ الشُّهُورِ مَا يَصُومُ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّكَ تَصُومُ لَا تَكَادُ أَنْ تُفْطِرَ وَتُفْطِرَ حَتَّى لَا تَكَادَ أَنْ تَصُومَ إِلَّا يَوْمَيْنِ إِنْ دَخَلَا فِي صِيَامِكَ وَإِلَّا صُمْتَهُمَا قَالَ أَيُّ يَوْمَيْنِ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَوْمُ الِاثْنَيْنِ وَيَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ قَالَ ذَانِكَ يَوْمَانِ تُعْرَضُ فِيهِمَا الْأَعْمَالُ عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَأُحِبُّ أَنْ يُعْرَضَ عَمَلِي وَأَنَا صَائِمٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَلَمْ أَرَكَ تَصُومُ مِنْ شَهْرٍ مِنَ الشُّهُورِ مَا تَصُومُ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ قَالَ ذَاكَ شَهْرٌ يَغْفُلُ النَّاسُ عَنْهُ بَيْنَ رَجَبٍ وَرَمَضَانَ وَهُوَ شَهْرٌ تُرْفَعُ فِيهِ الْأَعْمَالُ إِلَى رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَفَأُحِبُّ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ عَمَلِي وَأَنَا صَائِمٌ
[Machine] I used to serve the Prophet ﷺ, then the Prophet ﷺ said to me, "O Rabi'ah! Why don't you get married?" I replied, "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I don't want to get married. I don't have enough to provide for a wife, and I don't want anything to distract me from you." Then he turned away from me. After that, he asked me again, "O Rabi'ah! Why don't you get married?" I replied, "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I don't want to get married. I don't have enough to provide for a wife, and I don't want anything to distract me from you." He turned away from me again. Then I revisited myself and said, "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, you know what is best for me in this life and the hereafter." He said, "And I say to myself, if he asks me for the third time, I will say yes." Then he asked me for the third time, "O Rabi'ah! Why don't you get married?" I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah, do whatever you think is best for me or whatever you like." He said, "Go to the family of so and so in such and such place among the Ansar. Tell them that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sends his greetings to you and orders you to marry Rabi'ah the daughter of so and so." So I went to them and conveyed the message. They said, "Welcome to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the Messenger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. By Allah, the Messenger of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ does not ask us for something without a reason." They honored me, married me to her, treated me kindly, and did not ask for any proof. I returned feeling sad, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked me, "What's wrong?" I said, "O Messenger of Allah, I went to a noble people, they honored and treated me kindly, and did not ask for any proof. But where will I get the dowry?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Buraidah Al-Aslami, "O Buraidah, collect the weight of a date seed in gold for him." So they collected the weight of a date seed in gold for me. Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "Take it to them and say, 'This is her dowry.'" So I took it to them and said, "This is her dowry." They said, "It's a lot, but we accept it." Then I asked, "Where should I stay?" They said, "O Buraidah, give him a sheep." So they gave me a fat sheep. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Go to Aishah and tell her to look at the dough in which the food is baked and send it to us." So I went to Aishah, told her about it, and she said, "Here it is, the dough in which the food is baked. By Allah, we don't have any other food in the morning." So I took it and the sheep to the Prophet ﷺ. They accepted the food and said, "You keep the sheep." Then some Muslims came, slaughtered, skinned, and cooked it. So we had bread and meat in the morning. I felt content and prayed for the blessings of the Muslims.
كُنْتُ أَخْدُمُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِيَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَا رَبِيعَةُ أَلَا تَتَزَوَّجُ؟» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَا وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ مَا عِنْدِي مَا يُقِيمُ الْمَرْأَةَ وَمَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ يَشْغَلَنِي عَنْكَ شَيْءٌ قَالَ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّي ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ «يَا رَبِيعَةُ أَلَا تَتَزَوَّجُ؟» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَا وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ وَمَا عِنْدِي مَا يُقِيمُ الْمَرْأَةَ وَمَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ يَشْغَلَنِي عَنْكَ شَيْءٌ فأعرض عني قَالَ ثم رَاجَعْتُ نَفْسِي فَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُصْلِحُنِي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ قَالَ وَأَنَا أَقُولُ فِي نَفْسِي لَئِنْ قَالَ لِي الثَّالِثَةَ لَأَقُولَنَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِيَ الثَّالِثَةَ «يَا رَبِيعَةُ أَلَا تَتَزَوَّجُ؟» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مُرْنِي بِمَا شِئْتَ أَوْ بِمَا أَحْبَبْتَ قَالَ انْطَلِقْ إِلَى آلِ فُلَانٍ إِلَى حَيٍّ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فِيهِمْ تَرَاخي عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْ لَهُمْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُقْرِئُكُمُ السَّلَامَ وَيَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تُزَوِّجُوا رَبِيعَةَ فُلَانَةً امْرَأَةً مِنْهُمْ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُهُمْ فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ قَالُوا مَرْحَبًا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَبِرَسُولِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَاللَّهِ لَا يَرْجِعُ رَسُولُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَّا بِحَاجَتِهِ قَالَ فَأَكْرَمُونِي وَزَوَّجُونِي وَأَلْطَفُونِي وَلَمْ يَسْأَلُونِي الْبَيِّنَةَ فَرَجَعْتُ حَزِينًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا بَالُكَ؟» فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَتَيْتُ قَوْمًا كِرَامًا فَزَوَّجُونِي وَأَكْرَمُونِي وَأَلْطَفُونِي وَلَمْ يَسْأَلُونِي الْبَيِّنَةَ فَمِنْ أَيْنَ لِيَ الصَّدَاقُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِبُرَيْدَةَ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ «يَا بُرَيْدَةُ اجْمَعُوا لَهُ وَزْنَ نَوَاةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ» قَالَ فَجَمَعُوا لِهُ وَزْنَ نَوَاةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «اذْهَبْ بِهَذَا إِلَيْهِمْ وَقُلْ هَذَا صَدَاقُهَا» فَذَهَبْتُ بِهِ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقُلْتُ هَذَا صَدَاقُهَا قَالَ فَقَالُوا كَثِيرٌ طَيِّبٌ فَقَبِلُوا وَرَضُوا بِهِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مِنْ أَيْنَ أُولِمُ؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ «يَا بُرَيْدَةُ اجْمَعُوا لَهُ فِي شَاةٍ» قَالَ فَجَمَعُوا لِهُ فِي كَبْشٍ سَمِينٍ قَالَ وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اذْهَبْ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ فَقُلِ انْظُرِي إِلَى الْمِكْتَلَ الَّذِي فِيهِ الطَّعَامُ فَابْعَثِي بِهِ قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُ عَائِشَةَ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا ذَاكَ فَقَالَتْ هَا هُوَ ذَاكَ الْمِكْتَلُ فِيهِ سَبْعَةُ آصُعٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ وَاللَّهِ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ لَنَا طَعَامٌ غَيْرُهُ قَالَ فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَجِئْتُ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ اذْهَبْ بِهَا إِلَيْهِمْ فَقُلْ لِيُصْلَحْ هَذَا عِنْدَكُمْ خُبْزًا قَالَ فَذَهَبْتُ بِهِ وَبِالْكَبْشِ فَقَالَ فَقَبِلُوا الطَّعَامَ وَقَالُوا اكْفُونَا أَنْتُمُ الْكَبْشَ قَالَ وَجَاءَ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَسْلَمَ فَذَبَحُوا وَسَلَخُوا وَطَبَخُوا قَالَ فَأَصْبَحَ عِنْدَنَا خُبْزٌ وَلَحْمٌ فَأَوْلَمْتُ وَدَعَوْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺلم يحتج مسلم بمبارك
[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "There will be a disturbance in the month of Ramadan that will awaken the sleeper and frighten the awake. Then a faction will appear in Shawwal, followed by commotion in Dhul-Hijjah. Then the sacred limits will be violated in Muharram, and death will occur in Safar. The tribes will then dispute in Rabee' al-Awwal. Astonishment, the greatest astonishment, will occur between Jumada I and Rajab. Then a she-camel that is used for carrying water will be better than a treasure of a hundred thousand."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «تَكُونُ هَدَّةٌ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ تُوقِظُ النَّائِمَ وَتُفْزِعُ الْيَقْظَانَ ثُمَّ تَظْهَرُ عِصَابَةٌ فِي شَوَّالٍ ثُمَّ مَعْمَعَةٌ فِي ذِي الْحِجَّةِ ثُمَّ تُنْتَهَكُ الْمَحَارِمُ فِي الْمُحَرَّمِ ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مَوْتٌ فِي صَفَرٍ ثُمَّ تَتَنَازَعُ الْقَبَائِلُ فِي الرَّبِيعِ ثُمَّ الْعَجَبُ كُلُّ الْعَجَبِ بَيْنَ جُمَادَى وَرَجَبٍ ثُمَّ نَاقَةٌ مُقَتَّبَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ دَسْكَرَةٍ تُقِلُّ مِائَةَ أَلْفٍ»
[Machine] “There will be a tremor in the month of Ramadan that awakens the sleeper and terrifies the one who is awake. Then a band will appear in Shawwal; then a great clash in Dhu al-Qa‘dah; then the pilgrim will be robbed in Dhu al-Hijjah; then the sacred prohibitions will be violated in Muharram; then there will be death in Safar; then the tribes will contend in the month of Rabi‘. Then, wonder of all wonders will occur between Jumada and Rajab. Then a saddled she-camel is better than an estate that yields one hundred thousand.”
"تَكُونُ هَزَّةٌ في شَهْرِ رَمضان تُوقِظُ النَّائِمَ، وَتُفْزِعُ الْيَقْظَانَ، ثُمَّ تَظهَرُ عِصَابَةٌ فِى شَوالَ، ثُمَّ مَعْمَعَةٌ فِى ذى القَعْدَةِ، ثُمَّ يُسْلَبُ الحاجُّ في ذى الحَجَّةِ، ثُمَّ تُنْتَهَكُ المَحَارِمُ في الْمُحَرَّم، ثُمَّ يَكُونُ موتٌ في صَفَرَ، ثُمَّ تُنَازعُ الْقَبَائِلُ في شهر ربيع، ثم العجبُ كُل الْعَجَبِ بينَ جُمَادَى وَرَجبَ، ثمَّ ناقةٌ مُقَتبَةٌ خيْرٌ من دَسكرَة تُغِلُّ مائَةَ أَلف".
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah performed Umrah four times, one of them in the month of Rajab.
«اعْتَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعَ عُمَرٍ إِحْدَاهُنَّ فِي رَجَبٍ»
[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was diverted from Sham (Greater Syria) to Qibla (Kaaba), and he performed Salah toward the Kaaba in Rajab, during the first seventeen months of his stay in Madinah."
«صُرِفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الشَّامِ إِلَى الْقِبْلَةِ فَصَلَّى إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ فِي رَجَبٍ عَلَى رَأْسِ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ شَهْرًا مِنْ مَقْدَمِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ»
[Machine] I was sitting with Abdullah bin Umar, along with Urwah bin Zubair. Urwah asked him in which month did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to perform Umrah? He replied, "He used to perform Umrah in the month of Rajab."
كُنْتُ جَالِسًا مَعَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَا وَعُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ فَسَأَلَهُ عُرْوَةُ فِي أَيِّ شَهْرٍ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَعْتَمِرُ؟ قَالَ «كَانَ يَعْتَمِرُ فِي رَجَبٍ»
[Machine] He relied on Aisha's room and was asked in which month did the Prophet ﷺ perform Umrah? He said, "In the month of Rajab."
أَنَّهُ كَانَ مُسْتَنِدًا إِلَى حُجْرَةِ عَائِشَةَ فَسُئِلَ فِي أَيِّ شَهْرٍ اعْتَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَ «فِي رَجَبٍ»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , sought the permission of the Quraysh regarding Al-Atirah. They said, "O Messenger of Allah, we engage in Al-Atirah during the month of Rajab." The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said to them, "Engage in Al-Atirah as it was practiced during the time of ignorance (pre-Islamic era), but whoever among you desires to sacrifice for the sake of Allah, eat from it and give charity, then let them do so." Their practice of Al-Atirah was that they would slaughter animals and then rub the blood on the heads of their idols.
اسْتَأْذَنَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قُرَيْشٌ فِي الْعَتِيرَةِ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ نَعْتِرُ فِي رَجَبٍ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَعِتْرٌ كَعِتْرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَلَكِنْ مَنْ أَحَبَّ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَذْبَحَ لِلَّهِ فَيَأْكُلَ وَيَتَصَدَّقَ فَلْيَفْعَلْ» وَكَانَ عِتْرُهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ يَذْبَحُونَ ثُمَّ يَعْمِدُونَ إِلَى دِمَاءِ ذَبَائِحِهِمْ فَيَمْسَحُونَ بِهَا رُءُوسَ نُصُبِهمْ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade fasting for the whole of the month of Rajab.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْ صِيَامِ رَجَبٍ كُلِّهِ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Rajab is a great month in which Allah multiplies the rewards. So whoever fasts for a day in Rajab, it is as if he has fasted for a whole year. And whoever fasts for seven days, the seven gates of Hell will be closed to him. And whoever fasts for eight days, the eight gates of Paradise will be opened for him. And whoever fasts for ten days, Allah will grant him whatever he asks for. And whoever fasts for fifteen days, a caller will announce in the heavens: 'May Allah forgive what has passed for you, so start anew.' And whoever does more, Allah will increase it. And in Rajab, Allah carried Noah in the ark, so he fasted in Rajab and commanded his companions to fast. The ark set sail with them for six months, until they landed on Mount Judi. And Noah and those with him expressed gratitude to Allah. And on the day of Ashura, Allah split the sea for the children of Israel. And on the day of Ashura, Allah accepted the repentance of Adam and the city of Yunus. And in Rajab, Ibrahim ﷺ was born."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «رَجَبٌ شَهْرٌ عَظِيمٌ يُضَاعِفُ اللهُ فِيهِ الْحَسَنَاتِ فَمَنْ صَامَ يَوْمًا مِنْ رَجَبٍ فَكَأَنَّمَا صَامَ سَنَةً وَمَنْ صَامَ مِنْهُ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ غُلِّقَتْ عَنْهُ سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَابِ جَهَنَّمَ وَمَنْ صَامَ مِنْهُ ثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ فُتِحَتْ لَهُ ثَمَانِيَةُ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَنْ صَامَ مِنْهُ عَشَرَةَ أَيَّامٍ لَمْ يَسْأَلِ اللهَ شَيْئًا إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ إِيَّاهُ وَمَنْ صَامَ مِنْهُ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا نَادَى مُنَادٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ قَدْ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَا مَضَى فَاسْتَئْنِفِ الْعَمَلَ وَمَنْ زَادَ زَادَهُ اللهُ ﷻ وَفِي رَجَبٍ حَمَلَ اللهُ نُوحًا فِي السَّفِينَةِ فَصَامَ رَجَبًا وَأَمَرَ مَنْ مَعَهُ أَنْ يَصُومُوا فَجَرَتْ بِهِمُ السَّفِينَةُ سِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ آخِرُ ذَلِكَ يَوْمُ عَاشُورَاءَ أُهْبِطَ عَلَى الْجُودِيِّ فَصَامَ نُوحٌ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ وَالْوَحْشُ شُكْرًا لِلَّهِ ﷻ وَفِي يَوْمِ عَاشُورَاءَ أفْلَقَ اللهُ الْبَحْرَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَفِي يَوْمِ عَاشُورَاءَ تَابَ اللهُ ﷻ عَلَى آدَمَ ﷺ وَعَلَى مَدِينَةِ يُونُسَ وَفِيهِ وُلِدَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ﷺ»
[Machine] Urwah reported that Aisha said: "Indeed, Ibn Umar used to say: 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ performed Umrah in the month of Rajab.'"
دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَعُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ فَقَالَ عُرْوَةُ لِعَائِشَةَ إِنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ «اعْتَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي رَجَبٍ»
[Machine] While we were standing with the Prophet ﷺ at ʿArafah, he said: “O people, upon the people of every household each year is (due) a sacrifice (uḍḥiyah) and an ʿatīrah.” Muʿādh said: Ibn ʿAwn used to offer an ʿatīrah; my own eyes saw him do it in Rajab.
بَيْنَا نَحْنُ وُقُوفٌ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِعَرَفَةَ فَقَالَ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ عَلَى أَهْلِ كُلِّ بَيْتٍ كُلَّ عَامٍ أَضْحَى وَعَتِيرَةً» قَالَ مُعَاذٌ كَانَ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ يَعْتَرُّ أَبْصَرَتْهُ عَيْنِي فِي رَجَبٍ
[Machine] She used to perform the pilgrimage at the end of Dhu al-Hijjah from Juhfah, and she used to perform the pilgrimage in Rajab from Madinah, and she would enter ihram from Dhu al-Hulayfah.
أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ؓ كَانَتْ تَعْتَمِرُ فِي آخِرِ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ مِنَ الْجُحْفَةِ وَتَعْتَمِرُ فِي رَجَبٍ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَتُهِلُّ مِنْ ذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ
[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast so much that we would say he does not break his fast, and he would break his fast so much that we would say he does not fast.
سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ صَوْمِ رَجَبٍ كَيْفَ تَرَى فِيهِ؟
ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى أنبأ عِيسَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ يُونُسَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ صِيَامِ رَجَبٍ فَقَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَصُومُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يُفْطِرُ وَيُفْطِرُ حَتَّى نَقُولَ لَا يَصُومُ
whoever stands during the two nights of ʿĪd ˹for night Ṣalāh˺ in repentance for the sake of Allah, his heart will not die when the hearts die (i.e. out of the fear of the Day of Judgement ).
Shāfiʿī said that it reached us that it has been said that the duʿāʾ (supplication) is answered during five nights: (1) the night of Friday, (2) the night ˹of the ʿĪd˺ of Aḍḥá, (3) the night ˹of the ʿĪd˺ of Fiṭr, (4) the first night of ˹the month of˺ Rajab, and (5) the night of the middle of ˹the month of˺ Shaʿbān. He also said that it has reached us that Ibn ʿUmar used to make the night of Jamʿ alive ˹with night Ṣalāh˺ where the night of Jamʿ is the night of ʿĪd because its morning is of sacrifice.
مَنْ قَامَ لَيْلَتَيِ الْعِيدِ لِلَّهِ مُحْتَسِبًا فَلَمْ يَمُتْ قَلْبُهُ حِينَ تَمُوتَ الْقُلُوبُ
قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُقَالُ إِنَّ الدُّعَاءَ يُسْتَجَابُ فِي خَمْسِ لَيَالٍ: (١) فِي لَيْلَةِ الْجُمُعَةِ، (٢) وَلَيْلَةِ الْأَضْحَى، (٣) وَلَيْلَةِ الْفِطْرِ، (٤) وَأَوَّلِ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَجَبٍ، (٥) وَلَيْلَةِ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ۔ قَالَ وَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يُحْيِي لَيْلَةَ جَمْعٍ وَلَيْلَةُ جَمْعٍ هِيَ لَيْلَةُ الْعِيدِ؛ لِأَنَّ فِي صُبْحِهَا النَّحْرُ
[Machine] I went out with Sa'id ibn Jubayr during the past days of Rajab and performed 'Umrah from Kufa. Then he returned from his 'Umrah and performed Hajj in the middle of Dhu al-Qa'dah. He used to perform 'Umrah once a year and perform Hajj once a year.
خَرَجْتُ مَعَ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ فِي أَيَّامٍ مَضَيْنَ مِنْ رَجَبٍ وَأَحْرَمَ مِنَ الْكُوفَةِ بِعُمْرَةٍ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ مِنْ عُمْرَتِهِ ثُمَّ أَحْرَمَ بِالْحَجِّ فِي النِّصْفِ مِنْ ذِي الْقَعْدَةِ وَكَانَ يَخْرُجُ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ مَرَّةً لِلْعُمْرَةِ وَمَرَّةً لِلْحَجِّ
[Machine] While al-Hasan was in the mosque on a day in Rajab, he was sipping water and exhaling forcefully. Then, he began to cry until his shoulders trembled. He said, "If hearts had life, if hearts had righteousness, I would weep for you from a night whose day is the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, there is a night that gives birth to the morning of the Day of Resurrection. No creation has ever heard of a day more filled with disgrace and no eye shedding tears than the Day of Resurrection."
بَيْنَمَا الْحَسَنُ فِي يَوْمٍ مِنْ رَجَبٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَهُوَ يَمُصُّ مَاءً وَيَمُجُّهُ تَنَفَّسَ تَنَفُّسًا شَدِيدًا ثُمَّ بَكَى حَتَّى رُعِدَتْ مَنْكِبَاهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ «لَوْ أَنَّ بِالْقُلُوبِ حَيَاةً لَوْ أَنَّ بِالْقُلُوبِ صَلَاحًا لَأَبْكَيْتُكُمْ مِنْ لَيْلَةٍ صَبِيحَتُهَا يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ لَيْلَةً تُمْخَضُ عَنْ صَبِيحَةِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ مَا سَمِعَ الْخَلَائِقُ بِيَوْمٍ قَطُّ أَكْثَرَ فِيهِ عَوْرَةٌ بَادِيَةٌ وَلَا عَيْنٌ بَاكِيَةٌ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ»
[Machine] It is related that ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz stopped by a monk in al-Jazīrah, in a hermitage where the monk had spent a long lifetime. He was said to possess knowledge from the knowledge found in the scriptures. So he came down to him—no one had been seen coming down to anyone before him. He said to him, “Do you know why I came down to you?” He replied, “No.” He said, “For the sake of your father’s right.” He said, “We find him to be among the leaders of justice, in the place of Rajab among the Sacred Months.” Then Ayyūb ibn Suwayd explained it to him and said, “Three are consecutive: Dhū al-Qaʿdah, Dhū al-Ḥijjah, and al-Muḥarram—[they are like] Abū Bakr, ʿUmar, and ʿUthmān—and Rajab stands alone.”
أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَقَفَ بِرَاهِبٍ بِالْجَزِيرَةِ فِي صَوْمَعَةٍ لَهُ قَدْ أَتَى عَلَيْهِ فِيهَا عُمْرٌ طَوِيلٌ وَكَانَ يُنْسَبُ إِلَيْهِ عِلْمٌ مِنْ عِلْمِ الْكُتُبِ فَهَبَطَ إِلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يُرَ هَابِطًا إِلَى أَحَدٍ قَبْلَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَتَدْرِي لِمَ هَبَطَ إِلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ لِحَقِّ أَبِيكَ قَالَ إِنَّا نَجِدُهُ مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الْعَدْلِ بِمَوْضِعِ رَجَبٍ مِنْ أَشْهُرِ الْحُرُمِ قَالَ فَفَسَّرَهُ لَهُ أَيُّوبُ بْنُ سُوَيْدٍ فَقَالَ ثَلَاثَةٌ مُتَوَالِيَةٌ ذُو الْقَعْدَةِ وَذُو الْحَجَّةِ وَالْمُحَرَّمُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ وَعُثْمَانُ وَرَجَبٌ مُنْفَرِدٌ
[Machine] On the authority of ʿĀmir ibn Shaball al-Ḥarbī: I heard a man relating that he heard Anas ibn Mālik say: “In Paradise there is a palace which none shall enter except those who fast in Rajab.”
"عَنْ عامِرِ بْنِ شَبْلل الحَرْبي: سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ: فِى الجَنَّةِ قَصْرٌ لاَ يَدْخُلُهُ إِلَّا صُوَّامُ رَجَبٍ".
[Machine] In Paradise there is a palace which none will enter except those who fast in Rajab.
" عَنِ الوَلِيدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: ثَنَا عَامرُ بْنُ شِبْلٍ الجرْمِىُّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يُحَدِّثُ أنَّهُ سَمِعَ أنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ: فِى الجَنَّةِ قَصْرٌ لاَ يَدْخُلُهُ إِلاَّ صُوَّامُ رَجَبٍ ".
[Machine] “Perform al-Atiraj like the Atirah of the pre-Islamic era? But whoever among you wishes to slaughter for Allah, and then eat and give in charity, let him do so.”
"أَعَتْرٌ كَعَتْرِ الجاهلية؟ ولكن من أحبَّ منكم أنْ يذْبَح لله، فيأَكُلَ، ويتصدَّقَ، فليفْعلْ".
[Machine] “Indeed, Rajab is the month of Allah, and it is called al-Aṣamm (the Deaf), because in the pre-Islamic era, when Rajab began, they would suspend the use of their weapons and set them aside. People would then be safe, travelers would be secure, and they would not fear one another until it came to an end.”
"إِنَّ رَجَبًا شهرُ اللَّه، وَيُدْعَى الأَصَمَّ، وكان أَهلُ الجاهلية إِذا دخل رجبٌ يُعَطِّلُونَ أَسْلَحَتهمْ، وَيَضَعُونَهَا، فكان الناسُ يأمنون، ويأمَنُ السَّبيلُ، ولا يخافون بعضُهم بعضًا حتى يَنْقَضى".
[Machine] “As for me—by God—I am trustworthy in heaven and trustworthy on earth.”
"أمَّا واللهِ إِنِّي لأمِينٌ في السَّماء أمِينٌ في الأرْضِ".
[Machine] “Every household must slaughter a sheep in every Rajab, and in every Eid al-Adha, a sheep.”
"عَلى أَهْل كُلِّ بَيت أَنْ يَذْبَحُوا شَاة في كُلِّ رَجَب، وَفى كُلِّ أَضْحَى شَاة".
[Machine] On the authority of Kharashah ibn al-Ḥurr, he said: I saw ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb striking the hands of the men for fasting in Rajab until they put them into the food, and he would say: “Rajab—and what is Rajab?! Rajab is only a month that the people of the pre-Islamic era used to venerate; when Islam came, it was abandoned.”
"عَنْ خَرَشَةَ بنِ الْحُرِّ قال: رأيتُ عمَر بن الخطابِ يضربُ أَكُفَّ الرجالِ في صومِ رجبٍ حتى يَضَعُوهَا فِى الطعامِ، ويقول: رجَبٌ وما رجبٌ؟ ! إنما رجبٌ شهرٌ كانتْ تعظِّمهُ أهلُ الجاهلية، فلما جاءَ الإسلامُ تُرِكَ".
[Machine] “Whoever fasts one day in Rajab, it is equivalent to fasting a month; whoever fasts seven days of it, the seven gates of Hell are closed to him; whoever fasts eight days of it, the eight gates of Paradise are opened for him; whoever fasts ten days of it, God will replace his evil deeds with good deeds; and whoever fasts eighteen days of it, a caller will proclaim: ‘God has forgiven you what has passed, so begin your deeds anew.’”
"مَنْ صَامَ يَوْمًا مِنْ رَجَب عَدِلَ صِيَامَ شَهْر، وَمَنْ صَامَ مِنْه سَبْعَةَ أَيام أُغْلِقَت عَنْهُ أَبْوَابُ الجَحِيم السَّبعَةِ، وَمَنْ صَام منه ثمانيةَ أَيَّام فتحَتْ لَهُ أَبْوَابُ الجَنةِ الثمَانِيَةِ، وَمَنْ صَامَ مِنْهُ عَشْرَةَ أَيَّامٍ بَدَّلَ اللهُ سَيئاتِه حَسَنَاتٍ، وَمَنْ صَامَ مِنْهُ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا، نَادَى مُنَادٍ أَنَّ الله قَدْ غَفَرَ لَكَ مَا مَضَى فَاسْتَأنِفِ العَمَلَ".
[Machine] Whoever fasts one day in Rajab, it is like fasting for a year. Whoever fasts seven days, the seven gates of Hell are shut against him. Whoever fasts eight days, the eight gates of Paradise are opened for him. Whoever fasts ten days, he does not ask God for anything except that He grants it to him. Whoever fasts fifteen days, a caller from heaven proclaims: “I have forgiven you what has passed, so begin your deeds anew; I have replaced your bad deeds with good deeds.” And whoever does more, God increases for him.
And in Rajab, Noah was carried in the Ark, and Noah fasted and commanded those with him to fast; and the Ark carried them for six months, until the end of that, on the tenth day of Muharram.
"مَنْ صَامَ يَوْمًا مِنْ رَجَبٍ كانَ كَصِيَامِ سَنَة، وَمَن صَامَ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ غُلِّقَتْ عَنْهُ سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَاب جَهَنَّمَ، وَمَن صَامَ ثَمَانِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ فُتِّحَتْ لَهُ ثَمَانِيَةُ أَبْوَابِ الجَنَّةِ، وَمَنْ صَامَ عَشْرَةَ أَيَّامٍ لَمْ يَسْألِ اللهَ شَيئًا إِلا أَعْطَاهُ، وَمَن صَامَ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا نَادَى مُنَادٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ: قَدْ غَفَرْتُ لَكَ مَا سَلَفَ، فَاسْتَأنِف العَمَلَ، قَدْ بَدَّلتُ سيئاتِكَ حَسَنَات، وَمَن زَادَ زَادَهُ اللهُ، وفِي رَجَبٍ حُمِلَ نُوح بِالسَّفِينة وَصَامَ نُوحٌ وَأَمَرَ مَنْ مَعَهُ أَنْ يَصُومُوا، وَجَرَت بِهِم السفِينَةُ سِتَّةَ أَشْهُر إِلَى آخِرِ ذَلِكَ لِعَشْر خَلَوْنَ مِن المُحَرمِ".
[Machine] On the authority of ʿAṭāʾ: ʿUrwah said to ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar, “Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to fast in Rajab?” He said, “Yes, and he would honor it.”
"عَنْ عطاء أَنَّ عُرْوَة قَالَ لِعَبْد الله بن عُمرَ: هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ يَصُومُ في رَجَب؟ قَالَ: نَعم وَيُشَرفَهُ".
[Machine] “Rajab is indeed a great month in which good deeds are multiplied; whoever fasts one day of it is like fasting for a year.”
"إِنَّ رجبًا شهرٌ عظيمٌ، تُضاعَفُ فيه الحسناتُ، مَنْ صَامَ يومًا منه كان كصِيامِ سَنَةٍ".
[Machine] “Whoever fasts the first day of Rajab, that is counted as the fasting of a year. Whoever fasts seven days, seven gates of the Fire are closed to him. And whoever fasts ten days of Rajab, a caller from heaven proclaims: ‘Ask, and you shall be given.’”
"مَنْ صَامَ أَوَّلَ يَوْم مِن رَجَب عُدِلَ ذَلِكَ بِصِيَامِ سَنَة، وَمَن صَامَ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّام أُغْلِقَ عَنْهُ سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَاب النِّيرَان، وَمَن صَامَ مِن رَجَب عَشْرَةَ أَيَّامٍ نَادَى مُنَاد مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَنْ سَلْ تعْطَه".
[Machine] “From Abu Qilābah, who said: In Paradise there is a palace for those who fast in Rajab.”
"عَنْ أَبِى قَلَابَةَ قَالَ: فِى الْجَنَّةِ قصرٌ لِصُوَّامِ رَجَب".
[Machine] “In Rajab there is a night in which the deeds of the doer are recorded as the good deeds of a hundred years. That is on the night when three nights remain of Rajab. Whoever prays on it twelve rak‘ahs, reciting in each rak‘ah the Opening of the Book (al-Fātiḥah) and a sūrah from the Qur’an, and recites the tashahhud in every two rak‘ahs and gives salām at the end of them, then says: ‘Glory be to Allah, and praise be to Allah, and there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest’ one hundred times, and seeks Allah’s forgiveness one hundred times, and sends blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ one hundred times, and supplicates for himself whatever he wishes concerning the affairs of his worldly life and his Hereafter, and reaches the morning fasting—then Allah answers all of his supplication, except if he supplicates for an act of disobedience.”
"فِي رَجَبٍ لَيلَةٌ يُكْتَبُ لِلعَامَلِ فيهَا حَسَناتُ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ، وَذَلِكَ لِثَلاثٍ بقينَ من رَجَب، فَمَنْ صَلَّى فيهَا اثْنَتَى عَشْرَةَ رَكَعَةً يقْرَأُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَة فَاتحَةَ الْكتَابِ، وَسُورَةً مِنَ القْرآنِ، يَتَشَهَّدُ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَتَين, وَيُسَلِّمُ فِي آخِرِهِنَّ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَالْحَمْدُ للهِ, وَلَا إلهَ إلا اللهُ، وَاللهُ أَكْبَرُ مائَةَ مَرَّة، وَلْيَسْتَغفِر اللهَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ، وَيُصَلِّى عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مائَةَ مَرَّةٍ، وَيَدْعُو لِنَفْسِهِ مَا شَاءَ مِن أمْرِ دُنيَاهُ وآخِرَتِهِ، وَيُصْبِحُ صَائمًا، فَإِنَّ اللهَ يَسْتَجِيبُ دُعَاءَهُ كُلَّهُ، إلا أن يَدْعُوَ فِي مَعْصِيَةٍ".
[Machine] Rajab is one of the sacred months, and its days are written upon the gates of the sixth heaven. If a man fasts one day of it and renews his fast with mindfulness of God, the gate and the day speak, saying: “O Lord, forgive him.” But if he does not complete his fast with mindfulness of God, they do not ask forgiveness for him, and it is said: “Your soul has deceived you.”
"رجبٌ منْ شُهُور الْحُرُمِ، وأَيَّامه مكْتُوبةٌ علَى أَبْواب السَّماءِ السَّادسة، فإِذا صام الرَّجُلُ منْه يوْمًا وجدَّد صوْمه بتقْوى اللَّه نطق البَابُ ونطق الْيوْمُ قالا: يارب اغْفرْ لهُ، وإِذا لمْ يُتمَّ صوْمه بتقْوى اللَّه لمْ يسْتغفْرا، وقيل: خَدعتْكَ نَفْسُكَ".
[Machine] “Sha‘ban is between Rajab and the month of Ramadan; people are heedless of it. In it the deeds of the servants are raised up, so I love that my deeds not be raised except while I am fasting.”
"شَعْبانُ بَيْنَ رَجَب وَشَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ تَغْفُلُ النَّاسُ عَنْهُ يُرْفعُ فِيهِ أَعْمَال الْعِبَادِ فَأُحِبُّ أَلَّا يُرْفَعَ عَملىِ إِلَّا وأَنا صائِمٌ".
[Machine] “Increase in seeking forgiveness in the month of Rajab, for God has, in every hour of it, people freed from the Fire; and God has cities that none may enter except those who fast the month of Rajab.”
"أكثروا من الاستغفارِ في شهرِ رَجبٍ، فإِنَّ للهِ في كل ساعة مِنْه عُتَقَاءَ من النارِ، وإن للهِ مدائنَ لا يدخلها إلا من صام شهر رجب".
[Machine] “The choicest of God’s months is the month of Rajab, and it is God’s month. Whoever venerates God’s month of Rajab has venerated God’s command, and whoever venerates God’s command, He will admit him to the Gardens of bliss and will make His greatest pleasure incumbent for him.
Shaban is my month; whoever venerates the month of Shaban has venerated my command, and whoever venerates my command, I will be for him a forerunner and a ذخيرة (a reserve/treasure) on the Day of Resurrection.
The month of Ramadan is the month of my community; whoever venerates the month of Ramadan and venerates its sanctity and does not violate it, and fasts its days, and stands in prayer at its nights, and guards his limbs, will depart from Ramadan with no sin for which God will call him to account.”
"خِيرة اللَّه من الشهور: شَهْرُ رجَب، وهو شهرُ اللَّه، من عَظَّم شهر اللَّه رجب فقد عظَّم أمر اللَّه ومن عظَّم أَمر اللَّه أَدخله جناتِ النعيم، وأَوجبَ له رضوانه الأكبر،
وشعبانُ شهرى، فمن عظَّم شَهْرَ شعبانَ فقد عظم أَمْرى، ومن عَظَّم أَمرى كنت له فرَطًا وذخرًا يومَ القيامةِ،
وشهرُ رمضان شهرُ أُمَّتِى، فمن عظم شهرَ رمضان وعظَّم حُرمَتَه، ولم ينتهكه، وصام نهاره، وقام ليله، وحفظ جوارحه، خرج من رمضان وليس عليه ذنب يطلبه اللَّه بهِ".
[Machine] On the authority of ʿĀʾishah, she said: A woman mentioned to her that she fasts in Rajab, so she said: If you must fast a month, then fast Shaʿbān, for in it there is merit.
"عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: أنَّ امَرَأَةً ذَكرَتْ لَهَا أَنَّهَا تَصُومُ رَجَب، فَقَالتْ: إِنْ كُنُتِ صَائِمَةً شَهرًا لَا مَحَالَةَ، فَعَلَيْكِ بِشَعْبَانَ؛ فَإِنَّ فِيهِ الفَضْلَ".
"Rajab is the month of Allah, and Sha'ban is my month, and Ramadan is the month of my Ummah."
"رجبٌ شَهْرُ اللَّه، وشَعْبانُ شَهْرى، ورمضَانُ شَهْرُ أُمَّتى".
“Indeed, in Paradise there is a river called Rajab; its water is whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. Whoever fasts one day in Rajab, Allah will give him to drink from that river.”
"إِنَّ فِى الجَنَّةِ نَهْرًا يُقَالُ له رَجَبٌ، ماؤُهُ أشَدُّ بَيَاضًا مِنَ الَّلبَنِ، وَأَحْلَى مِنَ العَسَل مَن صَامَ يوْمًا من رَجَب سَقَاهُ اللَّه مِنْ ذَلك النَّهرِ".
[Machine] “In Rajab there is a day and a night: whoever fasts that day and stands in prayer that night will be like one who has fasted for a hundred years and stood in prayer for a hundred years. It is when three days remain of Rajab, and in it Allah, the Exalted, sent Muhammad.”
"فِي رَجَب يَوْمٌ وَلَيلَةٌ، مَنْ صَامَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ، وَقَامَ تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةَ كانَ كمَنْ صَامَ مِن الدَّهْرِ مائَةَ سَنَةٍ، وَقَامَ مائَةَ سَنَةٍ، وَهُوَ لثَلاثٍ بَقينَ من رَجَبٍ وَفيه بَعَثَ اللهُ تَعَالى مُحَمَّدًا".
A man from among the Muslims came from the land of Yemen and said to ʿUmar: “In Yemen I have seen something they call ‘dating’ (the calendar): they write ‘from such-and-such a year and such-and-such a month.’” ʿUmar said: “This is good—so date your documents.”
When he had resolved to establish a dating system, he consulted them. Some said: “From the Prophet’s ﷺ birth.” Others said: “From the beginning of his mission.” Others said: “From the time he set out as an emigrant from Makkah.” And one said: “From the time of his death, when he passed away.” Some said: “Date it from his departure from Makkah to Medinah.”
Then he said: “With what shall we begin, so that we make it the first of the year?” They said: “Rajab, for the people of the pre-Islamic period used to venerate it.” Others said: “The month of Ramadan.” Some said: “Dhu al-Hijjah.” Others said: “The month in which he departed from Makkah.” Others said: “The month in which he arrived.” Then ʿUthmān said: “Date it from Muharram as the first of the year. It is a sacred month; it is the first of the months in the reckoning; and it is when people return from the Hajj. So make Muharram the first of the year.” That was in the year 17 AH, and it is also said: 16 AH, in Rabiʿ al-Awwal.
"أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَدِمَ "مِنْ" أَرْضِ اليَمَنِ فَقَالَ لِعُمَرَ: رَأَيْتُ باليَمَنِ شَيْئًا يُسَمُّونَهُ التَّارِيخَ، يَكْتُبُونَ مِنْ عَامِ كَذَا، وَشَهْرِ كَذَا، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: إِنَّ هَذَا لَحَسَنٌ فَأرِّخُوا،
فَلَمَّا أجْمَعَ "عَلَى" أَنْ يُؤَرِّخَ شَاوَرَهُمْ، فَقَالَ قَوْمٌ: بِمَوْلِدِ النَّبِىِّ ﷺ ، وَقَالَ قَوْمٌ: بِالمَبْعَثِ، وَقَالَ قَوْمٌ: حِينَ خَرَجَ مُهَاجِرًا مِنْ مَكَّةَ، وَقَالَ قَائِلٌ لوفاته حِينَ تُوفِّى، فَقَالَ قَوْمٌ: أَرِّخُوا خُرُوجَهُ مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ،
ثُمَّ قَالَ: بِأىِّ شَىْءٍ نَبْدَأُ فَنُصَيِّرُهُ أَوَّلَ السَّنَةِ؟ فَقَالُوا: رَجَبٌ فَإنَّ أَهلَ الجَاهِلِيَّة كَانُوا يعظمونه، وَقَالَ آخَرُونَ: شَهْرُ رَمَضَانَ، وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: ذُو الحِجَّةِ، وَقَالَ آخَرُونَ: الشَّهْرُ الَّذِى خَرَجَ مِنْ مَكَّةَ، وَقَالَ آخَرُونَ: الشَّهْرُ الَّذِى قَدِمَ فِيهِ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: أرِّخوا مِنَ المُحَرَّم أَوَّلَ السَّنَةِ، وَهُوَ شَهرٌ حَرَامٌ، وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ الشُّهُورِ في العِدَّةِ، وَهُوَ مُنْصَرَفُ النَّاسِ مِنَ الحَجِّ، فَصَيِّرُوا أَوَّلَ السَّنَةِ المُحَرَّمَ، وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ سَنَةَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ، وَيُقَالُ: سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ في رَبِيعٍ الأَوَّلِ".
"There are five nights wherein supplications are not rejected: (1) the first night of ˹the month of˺ Rajab, (2) the night of the middle of ˹the month of˺ Shaʿbān, (3) the night of ˹every˺ Friday, (4) the night of the ˹ʿīd of˺ Fiṭr, and (5) the night of the ˹ʿīd of˺ Sacrifice.
«خَمْسُ لَيَالٍ لا تُرد فيهن الدَّعْوةُ: (١) أَوَّلُ لَيْلَةٍ مِن رجبٍ، (٢) ولَيْلَة النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ، (٣) ولَيلَةِ الجُمُعةِ، (٤) ولَيْلَةِ الفِطر، (٥) ولَيْلَةِ النَّحْرِ۔»