A’la Hadrat, Imam-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, Maulana Shah Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه was asked: is it prohibited to carry out Nikah in the months of Muharram and Safar? He رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه replied: Nikah is not prohibited in any month, this is wrongly famous. (Malfuzaat-e-A’la Hadrat, pp. 95)

Sadr-ush-Shari’ah, Badr-ut-Tareeqah, ‘Allamah Maulana Amjad Ali A’zami رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه writes: people consider the month of Safar to be ill-fated and do not perform marriages in this month, they do not perform Rukhsati ceremony of their daughters in this month and avoid carrying out other similar things in this month. They also avoid travelling, in particular, they consider the first thirteen days of Safar to be especially ill-fated; these are all ignorant claims. It is stated in a Hadees: Safar is nothing. (Bukhari, Kitab-ut- Tibb, Bab-ul-Juzaam, vol. 4, pp. 24, Hadees 5707)

 Meaning, people are wrong for considering it ill-fated. Likewise, many people consider the month of Zee-Qa’dah to be bad and refer to it as the ‘month of emptiness’; this is also incorrect. They also consider the 3^rd, 13^th, 23^rd, 8^th, 18^th and 28^th of every month to be ill-fated, this is also a futile belief. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, vol. 3, pp. 659)

The month of Safar according to the teachings of Islam

Dear Islamic sisters! Hopefully, after listening to the aforementioned words, any superstitions that you had regarding the month of Safar have left your hearts. If any such whisperings enter the heart and mind of anyone, they should not pay any heed to them, they should instead act upon the teachings of Islam. In order to remove the doubt of Safar being ill-fated from the mind, remember the following, all of the months of the year are made by Allah Almighty; no day or month is ill-fated. Just as the Divine Mercy descends in the other months, likewise, the month of Safar is