Ill-fate and the last Wednesday of Safar

Considering the last Wednesday of Safar-ul-Muzaffar to be ill-fated, people carry out all sorts of things. For example, people close their businesses on that day, they go out for travelling, entertainment and hunting, they bathe, celebrate and then say that the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم performed the ritual bath (Ghusl) for well-being on this day and travelled outside of Madinah Tayyibah. All of these things are baseless, in fact, the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was severely ill during those days, those words are lies. Some people say that calamities descend on this day and all sorts of things are mentioned; these are all unsubstantiated. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, part. 16, vol. 3, pp. 659)

A’la Hadrat Imam-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat Maulana Shah Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه was asked about the last Wednesday of Safar; women leave their cities for the sake of travelling and giving Niyaz etc. at graves, is this permissible? A’la Hadrat replied with the following: this should never be done as there is great tribulation in this and marking this Wednesday is completely baseless. (Fatawa-e-Razawiyyah, vol. 22, pp. 240)

Hakeem-ul-Ummat, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states: some people celebrate on the last Wednesday of Safar because this ‘ill-fated’ month has passed, this is incorrect. (Mirat-ul-Manajih, vol. 6, pp. 257)

The month of Safar was considered ill-fated amongst the Arabs

During the age of ignorance (before Islam), the people would also hold similar superstitious beliefs about the month of Safar, they would consider it a month in which misfortune and calamities descend; they would consider the coming of the month of Safar ill-fated. (Umda-tul-Qaari, vol. 7, pp. 110, summarised)