✨Islamic new year

All praise is due to Allah, the First and the Last, the Most High and the Most Near. There is none worthy of worship aside from Him. He is the Creator of everything and He is the Guardian of everything. Vision perceives Him not, but He perceives all vision; and He is the Subtle, the Aware.

So be conscious of Allah and obey Him. And beware of His punishment and do not disobey Him. Allah Almighty said:
Al Anfal (8) 25: And fear a trial which will not strike those who have wronged among you exclusively, and know that Allāh is severe in penalty.

Indeed Allah Almighty has honored this community, and gave it blessings and goodness, and singled it out with many honors that were not given to the previous communities. That is why He chose for it the best of the messengers, Muhammad ﷺ and revealed to it the best and most honorable books, the Noble Quran. He made for it the best, most complete, and most generous Sharia’, the Islamic Sharia’. Allah Almighty said:
Al Maedah (5) 3: This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islām as religion.

So the believer should feel these blessings, and be prepared as much as possible to establish the mandatory gratitude for them, and to seize the goodness that came in this Sharia’, and to hasten to it. For they are successive blessings and multiple virtues.

And among these, is what the Almighty established of seasons of goodness and virtuous times in which the reward is multiplied. And the extent of good that the believer attains within them is only known to Allah. And Allah, glory be to Him, has given this nation many seasons of goodness throughout the entire year. Rather in every month, every week, and every day, there are opportunities and virtuous times in which the opportunities for reward are multiplied.

And we have entered into a new year. It is the start of a sacred month and conclusion of a sacred month. Allah Almighty said:
At Tawbah (9) 36: Indeed, the number of months with Allāh is twelve [lunar] months in the register of Allāh [from] the day He created the heavens and the earth; of these, four are sacred. That is the correct religion [i.e., way], so do not wrong yourselves during them.

Abu Bakrah, may Allah be pleased with him, narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said:
The year consists of twelve months of which four are inviolable; three of them consecutive, Dhul-Qa’dah, Dhul-Hijjah and Muharram and Rajab, the month of Mudar (tribe), which comes between Jumada and Sha’ban. [Bukhari 3197, Muslim 1679a]

And this month was named Muharram, the Inviolable month, because it is a month in which the prohibition of sins and wronging are emphasized. And the greatness of this month was known throughout history. To the point that some of the previous communities preserved the sanctity of this month, and magnified it. Allah’s words:
At Tawbah 36: So do not wrong yourselves during them.

Refers to these sacred months, because sins are more weighty in them than other months. Believers distance themselves from wronging their selves through sins and transgressions at all times and instances. For there is no greater way of wronging one’s self than burdening it with sins and misdeeds. And this is emphasized in the these sacred months. Ibn Abbas said regarding the verse:
At Tawbah 36: So do not wrong yourselves during them.

That is do not wrong yourselves in all the months and four months were specified and made sacred and their sanctity was magnified, and sins are greater within them, and the righteous deeds and rewards are greater within them.

And Al Hassan Al Basry, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
Allah opened the year with a sacred month and concluded it with a sacred month. So there is no month in the year after Ramadan that is greater than Muharram. And it was called the deaf month of Allah due to the magnitude of its sanctity.

The Arabs in the era of ignorance had a way chronicling their great days and events, and this continued during the life of the Prophet ﷺ and the caliphate of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, and the beginnings of the caliphate of Omar Al-Farooq, may Allah be pleased with him. Then the extent of the caliphate expanded during his reign, may Allah be pleased with him, and there were many reasons for searching for a calendar that Muslims could agree upon and use. So Omar gathered the people on the 16th or 17th year after hijrah and consulted them on where the calendar should start from. So some of them said from the start of the mission of the Prophet ﷺ and others said from the time of the death of the Prophet ﷺ. Then he, may Allah be pleased with him, started the calendar, according to his opinion, from the time of Hijrah (emigration), because, through it, Allah distinguished between truth and falsehood, and because through it was the establishment of an independent entity for the Muslims.

Then Omar consulted the companions, may Allah be pleased with them, on which month the year should start. So it was said, from Rabi’ Al Awal, because it was the month in which the Prophet emigrated to Madinah. And it was said, Ramadan. Then Omar, Othman and Ali, may Allah be pleased with them, agreed on starting with the month of Muharram. And the whole community received that with acceptance because it is a sacred month, and it comes after Dhul Hijjah, which is also a sacred month, and it comes after the month in which the Prophet ﷺ took the allegiance of the Ansar (helpers) for the Hijrah. So it was the month with the most priority. We ask Allah Almighty to favor the Muslims in this new year with glory, honor and steadfastness and to reconcile their hearts and unite them.

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