'Umrah in the month of Rajab
Q: Is there any
particular virtue in performing 'Umrah in the month of
Rajab?.
A:
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
There is no report from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) - as far as we know - to suggest that there is any
particular virtue in performing 'Umrah in the month of Rajab, or
that it is encouraged. Rather it is proven that there is a
particular virtue in performing 'Umrah in the month of Ramadaan,
and in the months of Hajj, which are Shawwaal, Dhu'l-Qa'dah and
Dhu'l-Hijjah.
There is no report to prove that the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) performed 'Umrah in Rajab, rather that was
denied by 'Aa'ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her), who said:
"The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) never performed 'Umrah in Rajab" [Narrated by al-Bukhaari,
1776; Muslim, 1255].
Secondly:
Something that has been introduced into the religion is what some
people do, namely singling out the month of Rajab for 'Umrah,
because no one should single out a specific time for doing an act
of worship unless that has been prescribed in sharee'ah.
Ibn al-'Attaar, the student of
al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on them both) said:
"What I have heard about the people of Makkah, may Allaah increase
it in honour, is that they are accustomed to performing 'Umrah a
great deal in Rajab. This is something for which I know of no
basis, rather it is proven in the hadeeth that the Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: «'Umrah in Ramadaan is equivalent to
Hajj»" End quote.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibraaheem (may
Allaah have mercy on him) said in his (Fataawa(6/131):
"With regard to singling out some days of Rajab for any kinds of
ziyaarah etc, there is no basis for that. Imam Abu Shaamah stated
in his book al-Bida' wa'l-Hawaadith that performing acts of worship
at specific times which were not prescribed by Islam is not right,
because no time is better than any other, except times when it is
prescribed to perform a certain kind of worship, or a time when all
kinds of good deeds are better than at other times. Hence the
scholars denounced the singling out of the month of Rajab for
performing 'Umrah a great deal". End quote.
But if a person goes for 'Umrah during Rajab without believing that
there is any special virtue in that, but it just so happens that it
is easy for him to travel at that time, there is nothing wrong with
that.
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