The Blessings of Rajab by Hajja Amina Adil Sultanق

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm

Hajja Amina Adil Sultanق’s Suhbah

The month of Rajab is the seventh month of the Islamic calendar year and is termed shahru llah, the month of Allah ﷻ. Whoever fasts three days during this month will drink from that river of Paradise, which according to the description of our Holy Prophet ﷺ is “whiter than milk, sweeter than honey, and cooler than snow.”

Another tradition relates that whoever fasts one day during Rajab will become free of sins as a newborn child; whoever fasts two days, his father and mother will be forgiven their sins; whoever fasts three days will be spared three great calamities: the punishment of the grave, leaving this life without faith, and the darkness of the grave. If one fasts for four days during Rajab, he will be made safe from the wretched Dajjal (Antichrist).

There are great rewards for fasting any day in Rajab. One who fasts six days during this month is rewarded as if he had been with the Holy Prophet at the Battle of Badr. The seven gates of Hell are closed for one who has fasted seven days of Rajab, and the eight gates of Paradise are opened for the one who has fasted eight days.

In the month of Rajab Allah ﷻ gives seventyfold reward for every act of worship. If one reads one juz’ of Qur’an (the thirtieth part), he will be rewarded as if he had read seventy juz’. For every raka‘a of prayer, he will be rewarded as if for seventy raka‘at. For every repetition of the Holy Name, he will be rewarded as if for seventy repetitions. It is recommended to recite istaghfiru llah seventy thousand times in the course of this month, for Rajab is a month of mercy and forgiveness.

It is also commendable to pray thirty sets of two raka‘at in honour of this month, whenever the time is convenient, for example after the sun has risen, at the time of ishraq. In these raka‘at, after the Fatiha, one recites Qul ya ayyuhal-kafirun and Qul huwa llahu ahad thrice.

If one has fasted the entire month of Rajab, a heavenly angel calls out to him: “O servant of the Lord! The eight gates of Paradise are open to you, enter through whichever you wish!” There are some very pious people who fast the entire three months, from the beginning of the month of Rajab to the end of Ramadan.

It is also said that hellfire will not be permitted to touch anyone who repeats every day la ilaha illa llah a thousand times, and la ilaha illa llah, Muhammadu r-rasulu llah one hundred times until the end of Ramadan, 100,000 repetitions in all. It is possible to dedicate this recitation to another person who will then be granted safety from the fires of Hell.

The name of the month Rajab is written with the Arabic letters “ra”, “jim” and “ba”. “Ra” stands for “rahma”, mercy, compassion; “jim” stands for “jurm”, offense, sin, and “ba” stands for “birr”, Allah’s Grace and Mercy. The Lord speaks: “My servant’s sin stands between My Mercy and My Grace.” It is enveloped by His Grace and Mercy and thus forgiven. This is the meaning of the month of Rajab.

Al-Fatiha.

•⁠ ⁠Hajja Amina Adil Sultanق

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