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Hadiths on Rajab
- 1. In Muslim, Abu Dawud, and Ahmad: `Uthman ibn Hakim
al-Ansari said: I asked Sa`id ibn Jubayr about fasting in
Rajab, and we were then passing through the month of
Rajab, whereupon he said:
I heard Ibn `Abbas saying:
"The Messenger of Allah used to observe fast so
continuously that we thought he would never break it, and
at other times he remained without fasting so
continuously that we thought he would never fast."2
Imam Nawawi commented on this:
It appears that the meaning inferred by Sa`id ibn
Jubayr from Ibn `Abbas's report is that fasting in Rajab
is neither forbidden nor considered praiseworthy in
itself, rather, the ruling concerning it is the same as
the rest of the months.
This is also the commentary of Qastallani in al-Mawahib
al-laduniyya.3
Nawawi continues:
Neither prohibition nor praiseworthiness has been
established for the month of Rajab in itself, however,
the principle concerning fasting is that it is
praiseworthy in itself, and in the Sunan of Abu
Dawud4 the
Prophet has made the fasting of the sacred months
praiseworthy, and Rajab is one of them. And Allah knows
best.5
It is established, on the one hand, that Ibn `Umar
fasted during the sacred months,6
and on the other, that he fasted all year as shown by the
following hadith.
- In Muslim, Ibn Majah, and (partly) Ahmad: `Abd Allah, the
freed slave of Asma' the daughter of Abu Bakr, the
maternal uncle of the son of `Ata', reported:
Asma'
sent me to Abdullah ibn `Umar saying: "The news has
reached me that you prohibit the use of three things: the
striped robe, saddle cloth made of red silk, and fasting
the whole month of Rajab." Abdullah said to me:
"So far as what you say about fasting in the month
of Rajab, how about one who observes continuous fasting?
And so far as what you say about the striped garment, I
heard `Umar ibn al-Khattab say that he had heard from
Allah's Messenger: "He who wears a silk garment, has
no share for him (in the Hereafter)." And I am
afraid that stripes were part of it. And so far as the
red saddle cloth is concerned, here is Abdullah's saddle
cloth [=his] and it is red. I went back to Asma' and
informed her, so she said: "Here is the cloak (jubba)
of Allah's Messenger," and she brought out to me
that cloak made of Persian cloth with a hem of (silk)
brocade, and its sleeves bordered with (silk) brocade,
and said: "This was Allah's Messenger's cloak with
`A'isha until she died, then I took possession of it. The
Apostle of Allah used to wear that, and we washed it for
the sick so that they could seek cure with it."7
- Nawawi commented on the above:
- Ibn `Umar's reply concerning fasting in Rajab is
a denial on his part of what Asma' had heard with
regard to his forbidding it, and it is an
affirmation that he fasted Rajab in its entirety
as well as fasting permanently, i.e. except the
days of `Id and tashriq.8 This
(perpetual fast) is his way and the way of his
father `Umar ibn al-Khattab, `A'isha, Abu Talha,
and others of the Salaf as well as Shafi`i and
other scholars: their position is that perpetual
fasting is not disliked (makruh).
Ibn Qudama states something similar in al-Mughni
concerning perpetual fasting and adds that the same view
is related from Ahmad and Malik, and that after the
Prophet's death Abu Talha fasted permanently for forty
years, among other Companions.9
Ibn Hajar al-Haytami in al-Khayrat al-hisan
similarly relates that Abu Hanifa was never seen eating
except at night.10
- Nawawi adds:
- In this hadith is a proof that it is recommended
to seek blessings through the relics of the
righteous and their clothes (wa fi hadha
al-hadith dalil `ala istihbab al-tabarruk bi
athar al-salihin wa thiyabihim).11
- Bayhaqi relates in Shu`ab al-iman and Abu Nu`aym
in al-Targhib:
- Abu `Abd Allah al-Hafiz and Abu Muhammad ibn Abi
Hamid al-Muqri said: from Abu al-`Abbas al-Asamm,
from Ibrahim ibn Sulayman al-Barlisi, from
Abdallah ibn Yusuf, from `Amer ibn Shibl who
said:
- I heard Abu Qilaba say: "There is a palace
in Paradise for those who fast the month of
Rajab."12
- Bayhaqi comments:
- Even if it is mawquf at Abu Qilaba (i.e.
not traced back to the Prophet) who is one of the
Successors (d. 104) such as he does not say such
a saying except if it were related to him by
someone who had heard it from him to whom
revelation comes (i.e. the Prophet), and success
is from Allah.
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Hadiths on Rajab
