THE VIRTUE OF MUHARRAM AND ITS MISCONCEPTIONS AND SUPERSTITIONS
In the name of Allah the lord who created the creations and chose elites among his creations. The lord who created the months of the year and made them twelve and chose four of the twelve as the sacred months. Allah says in the holy Qur’an “ indeed the number of months in the sight of Allah is twelve in the book of Allah the day he created the heavens and the earth, among them there are four sacred months” The messenger (P.B.U.H) of Allah also made statement about the sanctity of these four months. He Muhammad (P.B.U.H) is reported to have said: “ Allah has chosen elites from his creation: from among the Angels He chose messengers, from among the mankind He chose the messengers, from among speech He chose remembrance of Him (dhikr), from among the spaces on earth He chose the mosque, from among the months He chose Ramadaan and the four sacred months, from among the days He chose Friday and from among the nights He chose laila tu khadir” The four sacred months are Raja b ,...