Category: Months of the Islamic Calendar


  • Food the Only Reward?

    بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ‘Abdur-Rahman ibn ‘Awf رضي الله عنه was fasting, and food had been laid down for him [to break his fast with]. Upon seeing this, he remarked, “Muṣ‘ab ibn Umayr was martyred, and he was better than me; he was shrouded in a sheet [so small] that if his head was covered…

  • بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم The month of Ramaḍān is a blessed month full of virtue from beginning to end. However, the last 10 days of the month of Ramaḍān hold greater virtue than the rest of the days of the blessed month.This can be deduced from the fact that the Prophet ﷺ would make a…

  • The month of Rajab is the 7th month in the Islamic Hijrī calendar. It is one of the four sacred months that have been mentioned in the Qur’ān in the verse: … إِنَّ عِدَّةَ الشُّهُورِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ اثْنَا عَشَرَ شَهْرًا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ مِنْهَا أَرْبَعَةٌ حُرُمٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ ۚ فَلَا…