Islamic months

One of the four sacred months. Fasting the day of Ashura (10th) expiates the sins of the previous year, and the Prophet ﷺ intended to fast the 9th as well.

Quran 9:36 · Sahih Muslim 1162b · Sahih Muslim 1134b

There is no bad omen in the month of Safar — the Prophet ﷺ rejected this belief. It is an ordinary month with no special acts.

Sahih al-Bukhari 5707

A month linked with major events of the Seerah of the Prophet ﷺ. No special act of worship is fixed for it in the Quran or the sahih Sunnah; where Muslims differ about celebrations, we present each view with its evidence.

No special act of worship is fixed for this month in the Quran or the sahih Sunnah. Keep your regular worship.

No special act of worship is fixed for this month in the Quran or the sahih Sunnah. Keep your regular worship.

No special act of worship is fixed for this month in the Quran or the sahih Sunnah. Keep your regular worship.

One of the four sacred months: avoid wrongdoing in it. Special prayers or fasts said to be only for Rajab are not established by authentic hadith.

Quran 9:36

The Prophet ﷺ fasted more in Sha‘ban than in any other month except Ramadan — a time to prepare for Ramadan.

Sahih al-Bukhari 1969

The month in which the Quran was revealed and fasting is obligatory. Laylat al-Qadr, in its last ten nights, is better than a thousand months.

Quran 2:185 · Quran 97:3

Eid al-Fitr is on the 1st. Fasting six days of Shawwal after Ramadan is like fasting the whole year.

Sahih Muslim 1164

One of the four sacred months and one of the months of Hajj.

Quran 9:36 · Quran 2:197

A sacred month. Good deeds in its first ten days are the most beloved; fasting the day of Arafah (9th) expiates two years. Hajj and Eid al-Adha (10th) are in this month.

Sahih al-Bukhari 969 · Sahih Muslim 1162b · Quran 9:36