also full of mercy. Nevertheless, if a person occupies himself with disobeying Allah Almighty and is consequently afflicted by some calamity, then this can be due to his sins, but this ill-fortune has no link to this month.

It is stated in Tafseer Ruh-ul-Bayan: it is incorrect to consider Safar or any other month, or to consider any other specific time to be ill-fated, every moment is created by Allah Almighty and the actions of people take place in them. The moment in which a believer is busy in obeying and worshipping Allah Almighty, it is a blessed moment, and the moment in which he disobeys Allah Almighty, that moment is ill-fated for him. In reality, ill-fortune is in committing sins. (Tafseer Ruh-ul-Bayan, vol. 3, pp. 428)

Gunahoon say mayra saara wujood afsos hay lithra

Mujhay ab pak kar dijiye gunaahon ki nahusat say

(Wasail-e-Bakhshish Marammam, pp. 402)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic sisters! From the impermissible customs and events that take place in society, is something called ‘Basant mayla’. Even though this event is an invention of the non-Muslims, due to their distance from Islamic knowledge, Muslims are also partaking in this event. Remember, the Basant mayla comprises of many evils and shameless acts, it is a means of squandering money and it results in the loss of many valuable lives.

The calamity of kite flying and Basant Mayla

Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, ‘Allamah Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qaadiri دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ states: Basant Mayla is in remembrance of an insulter of the Beloved Prophet. Those