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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الحج
Book of Hajj
باب: من كره أن يقال للمحرم: صفر، وأن النسيء من أمر الجاهلية
Chapter: Those who disliked calling Muharram "Safar", and that postponing the months (al-nasi') is a practice of the Jahiliyyah
Bayhaqi 9772 — Those who disliked calling Muharram "Safar"
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْأَصَمُّ، أنبأ الرَّبِيعُ، أنبأ الشَّافِعِيُّ، قَالَ: أَكْرَهُ أَنْ يُقَالَ لِلْمُحَرَّمِ: صَفَرٌ وَلَكِنْ يُقَالُ لَهُ: الْمُحَرَّمُ وَإِنَّمَا كَرِهْتُ أَنْ يُقَالَ لِلْمُحَرَّمِ: صَفَرٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ كَانُوا يَعْدُونَ فَيَقُولُونَ: صَفَرَانِ لِلْمُحَرَّمِ وَصَفَرٍ، وَيَنْسَئُونَ فَيَحُجُّونَ عَامًا فِي شَهْرٍ وَعَامًا فِي غَيْرِهِ، وَيَقُولُونَ: إِنْ أَخْطَأْنَا مَوْضِعَ الْحُرُمِ فِي عَامٍ أَصَبْنَاهُ فِي غَيْرِهِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ: {إِنَّمَا النَّسِيءُ زِيَادَةٌ فِي الْكُفْرِ} [التوبة: ٣٧] الْآيَةَ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " إِنَّ الزَّمَانَ قَدِ اسْتَدَارَ كَهَيْئَتِهِ يَوْمَ خَلَقَ اللهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ فَلَا شَهْرَ يُنْسَأُ " وَسَمَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمُحَرَّمَ.
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I consider it disliked to call Muharram "Safar"; it should be called Muharram. And I consider it disliked to call Muharram "Safar" only because the people of the Jahiliyyah used to count the two months, Muharram and Safar, both as Safar, and they used to move Muharram and Safar forward and back; one year they would perform Hajj in the month of Hajj and another year in some other month, and they would say: If we have mistaken the place of the sacred month this year, we will get it right next year. Allah Almighty says: "The postponing (of a sacred month) is only an increase in disbelief" [Surah al-Tawbah: 37]. And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Time has come round to its form on the day Allah created the heavens and the earth"; so no month is to be moved forward or back. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) named it Muharram.
