Assalam'alaik!
Something to share with you guys!
The names of the Islamic months are rooted in certain events that took
place in them.
Ramadhan is named after Ramda; Ramda are stones heated by the sun
during summer.
Shawwal is derived from the lifting (Arabic - shayl) of a camel’s tail
to ward off flies (because of the extreme heat).
Dzul Qaidah is named such because it was the first sacred month that
prohibited fighting. Thus, people sat (refrained from fighting) during that
time.
Dzul Hijjah is named such because the Hajj coincides with it.
Muharram takes its name because fighting is prohibited during it.
Safar takes its name from sifir, which means to be empty, because the
trails that the Arabs used for travel and business were empty because the
sacred months had ended and fighting returned.
Rab`i al-Awal and Rab`i al-Akhir took their names from rab`i al-’ashab
(dense grass) because it grew during these two months.
Jumad al-Ula and Jumad al-Thani took their names from jumad al-ma'
(English - ice), because these two months occurred while it was cold.
Rajab is coined as such because it is a sacred month.
Sya`ban is taken from a word which means to split and divide. It took
its name because the Arabs would return to fighting upon its onset and divide
themselves.
<Translated from Al-Dhakhira by Imam al-Qarafi, vol. 2 pg. 486>
The Great Mosque of Djenné made by sun-baked mud!
the closer view of one of the gate
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mood: Ramadhan's countdown! gonna try some new recipes for iftar :D
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