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Posted by on Jan 7, 2013 in Articles, Islamic Calender |

Zulqada

Zulqada

 

Zulqa’da is the eleventh Month of the Islamic Lunar calendar.

It is the first of four sanctified months in which battles were prohibited in the days of the Holy prophet (Peace be upon him). It is also one of the months of Hajj.

However, no specific rules are prescribed for this month, except that the persons performing Hajj are required to follow the rules of Hajj.

Some false beliefs are attached to this month by ignorant people. They say that this is not a blessed month, therefore, marriages should not be solemnized in the month of Zulqa’da. According to them, a marriage held in this month may not be successful, rather it may bring misfortune to the spouses.

This belief is absolutely baseless. A Muslim should never attend to such superstitious whims. In fact, the month is one of the sanctified months, as mentioned earlier. It is proved through authentic traditions that the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) had performed ‘Umrah’ four times in his mandate life. Three of them were performed in the month of Zulqa’da, the fourth being performed along with his last Hajj. When the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) has chosen this month for performing the great practice of ‘Umrah’ how can one claim that the month has an element of misfortune? Therefore, no Muslim should ever hesitate in holding marriages or other ceremonies in this month on such a false assumption of unluckiness.

(Islamic Months. M. Taqi Uthmani Sahib. Pages 131-132)