And together fight the polytheists as they fight against you together. So do not wrong one another during these months. “Indeed, the number of months ordained by Allah is twelve-in Allah’s Record1 since the day He created the heavens and the earth-of which four are sacred. They were sacred before the rise of Islam. The four forbidden months in Islam are Zulkaedah, Zulhijjah, Muharram, and Rejab. The year is of twelve months, out of which four months are sacred: Three are in subsequent Zulkaedah, Zulhijjah, and Muharram, and (the fourth is) Rajab of (the tribe of) Mudar which comes between Jumadith-Thaniyah and Sha’ban.” (Sahih Al-Bukhari)ĭuring the forbidden months fighting and wars are forbidden and that was the case before the rise of Islam. “The division of time had turned to its original form which was current when Allah created the Heavens and the Earths. The Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) said: We can learn the four sacred Islamic months from the hadith of the prophet. The plural form is Dhawaat al-Hijjah.”Īnd that is what the scholar said about the reasons behind the lunar months’ names. The plural form is Dhawaat al-Qa‘dah.ĭhu’l-Hijjah – or, in my view, Dhu’l-Hajjah – is so-called because they performed Hajj during this month. The month of Dhu’l-Qa‘dah – or, in my view, Dhu’l-Qi‘dah – is derived from the word qu‘ood (rest), as during this month they would rest from fighting and traveling. The plural form is Shawaawil or Shawaaweel or Shawwaalaat. The name Shawwaal comes from a word referring to camels raising their tails for the purpose of copulation. The plural form is Ramadaanaat or Ramaadeen or Armidah. Another word from the same root is used to refer to the thirst of camels when they become thirsty. The name of Ramadan comes from the word ramda’, which refers to intense heat. The plural form is Sha‘aabeen or Sha‘baanaat. The name of Sha‘baan comes from the word tasha‘‘ub (scattering), as the tribes would scatter and disperse to raid others. The plural form is Arjaab or Rijaab or Rajabaat. The name of Rajab comes from the word tarjeeb, which means veneration. The word may be either masculine or feminine, so one may say Jumaada al-Oola or al-Awwal, and Jumaada al-Aakhir or al-Aakhirah. The plural form of Jumaada is Jumaadiyyaat, like the word hubaara (pl.
Perhaps they called Jumaada by this name the first time when the water froze because of the cold. Jumaada is so-called because the water froze during that month (jumood means freezing).Īnd he said: In their calculations, the months did not rotate through the seasons, although there is some doubt concerning that, because their months were connected to the lunar cycle, so they would inevitably rotate through the seasons. The same may be said concerning Rabee‘ al-Aakhir as was said concerning Rabee‘ al-Awwal. ansibaa’), or Arbu‘ah like the word ragheef (pl. The plural form is Arbi‘aa’, like the word naseeb (pl. Rabee‘ al-Awwal is so-called because they did not travel during that month (the word irtibaa‘, derived from the same root, means “not travelling”). Safar is so called because their houses would be devoid of them when they went out to fight or to travel, and it would be said “safira al-makaan (the place has become empty)” when people left. He said: The plural form of Muharram is Muharramaat or Mahaarim or Mahaareem. I think that it was so-called to affirm its sanctity because the Arabs used to change it, making it not sacred one year and making it sacred another year. “Shaykh ‘Alam ad-Deen as-Sakhaawi stated in a book that he compiled, entitled al-Mashhoor fi Asma’ al-Ayyaam wa’sh-Shuhoor, that Muharram is so called because it is a sacred (Muharram) month. The scholar Al-Haafiz Ibn Katheer (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Each name that we know and use now has a reason why it was called that name. Why are the Islamic months called their names?Įach name has a history behind it and a reason for it so goes for the Islamic months.
The 12 months of the Islamic calendar in order are: But they used to use different until they were standardized later during the era of the great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him). The Islamic months are called Lunar months and they got their names a long time before Islam.
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