In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful.

Alhamdulillah, today is the first day of the sacred month of Rajab. As we every year do, we celebrated this years RAJAB’s first day in our community in West Mass and had doa and Quran reading ceremonies.

WHY RAJAB IS IMPORTANT?

More about Rajab:

Rajab (Arabic: رجب‎) 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.[citation needed]

Muslims believe Rajab is the month in which ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib, the first Imam of Shia Islam and Fourth Caliph of Sunni Islam, was born inside the Kaaba, the most sacred place of worship for Muslims. Rajab is also the month during which Isra’ Mi’raj (journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and then to heaven) of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, took place.

Rajab and Shaʿbān are a prelude to the holy month of Ramaḍān.

(قال رسول الله (ص
رَجَبٌ شَهرُ اللّه ِ الأصَبُّ يَصُبُّ اللّه ُ فِيهِ الرَّحمَةَ عَلى عِبادِهِ

The prophet Mohammad:

Rajab is the month of god and gods blessing to all. God rains down his blessings on people.