![]() The Prophet (PBUH) said, “The best month is the month of Allah which you call Muharram “(An-Nasa’i, As-Sunan Al-Kubraa: 4202). Attributed to Allah, this month gains honour and respect. Muharram is considered as the best month after Ramadhan. Since that time on, Muharram was officially declared as the first month of the year. Therefore, as the new beginning, they then decided the first month of the year should be Muharram. Finally, they agreed that Muharram made most appropriate year to begin with. ![]() Some of the sahabah said this, while some other said that. It was in the third or fourth year of the succession of Khalifa Umar ibn al-Khattab when they discussed which month should they start the Islamic calendar. Umar ibn Khattab instituted the Islamic calendar seventeen years after the Prophet’s (PBUH) migration from Mecca to Madinah. Muharram is right after the hajj-procession. Muharram is the first month of the year and it follows the pilgrimage season when the pilgrims return home. Meanwhile, Dzul-Hijjah is the twelfth month of the year and this is the month of which the hajj processions are taken place. This is a time for pilgrims to make preparations and depart their journey to Makkah. In the Islamic calendar, Dzul-qo’dah is the eleventh month of the year. Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (PBUH) said, “The year is twelve months of which four are sacred, the three consecutive months of Dhu’l-Qa’dah, Dhu’l-Hijjah and Muharram, and Rajab which comes between Jumaada and Sha’baan.” (Al-Bukhaari: 2958). Dzul-qo’dah, Dzul-Hijjah, Muharram, and Rajab are consecutive months. Of four sacred months, the first three months mentioned above i.e. These reminders are essential for committing sins in these months is far greater than committing them in other months. ![]() More importantly, the believers are also advised not to commit sins and are recalled to strive hard to obey Him. For this purpose, Allah has guided the believers to honour and to severe the representations of Him in the sacred land. Through this arrangement, the pilgrims and visitors of the Sacred House (Ka’bah) are safe and so as to be able to perform pilgrimage and visit the House in total peace and tranquillity. Therefore, the fighting and battles during these sacred months has made prohibited and suspended in order to allow trade and peace. In this verse, Allah has commanded the believers to honour and revere these months. That is the right religion, so wrong not yourselves therein…” “Indeed, the number of months with Allah is twelve months (in a year), so it was ordained by Allah on the Day when He created the heavens and the earth of them, four are sacred. Together with Dzul-qo’dah, Dzul-Hijjah and Rajab, these are the four sacred months which are blessed and important months in Islam. In addition, Muharram has been agreed as the first month of the Hijri or Islamic calendar. It is called Muharram because fighting is prohibited in it. We are now adventuring a month known as Al-Muharram. By Nizamuddin Sadiq, S.Pd., M.Hum., PhD.-–
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