AhlulBayt News Agency - Ayatollah Rouhollah Qarhie President of Imam Mahdi religious Seminary urged Muslims to grab the golden chance provided in the month of Rajab stressing, "The holy month of Rajab is in point of fact meant to cleanse oneself from sins,".
The religious cleric beckoned to important religious occasion in this month stressing the anniversary birthdate of Imam Ali (PBUH) is also in Rajab providing the way for Muslim to get closer to God Almighty.
"According to religious narrations, the month of Rajab is meant to cleanse oneself from sins which is following by Shabaan, the month for putting on the dress of abstinence just before the holy month of Ramadan where Allah becomes the host and people become His guests.”
President of Imam Mahdi religious Seminary further underlined, "human kind can protect their souls through abiding by codes of ethics and humane principles."
Rajab is the seventh month of the Islamic calendar. The lexical definition of Rajaba is "to respect", of which Rajab is a derivative.
This month is regarded as one of the four sacred months in Islam in which battles are prohibited. The pre-Islamic Arabs also considered warfare blasphemous during the four months.
The month is also a prelude to the month of Ramadan, which follows after the intervening month of Sha'ban. When Muhammad Prophet (PBUH) sighted the moon of Rajab, he used to pray to Allah in the following words.
Allāhumma bārik lanā fī rajaba wa shaʻbāna wa balligh-nā ramaḍāna
"O Allah, make the months of Rajab and Sha'ban blessed for us, and let us reach the month of Ramadan (i.e. prolong our life up to Ramadan, so that we may benefit from its merits and blessings)."
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