Q141: How many sacred months are there?
Answer: 4 months
💡 Allah the Exalted says: "Indeed, the number of months with Allah is twelve [lunar] months," then says: "of these, four are sacred" (Surah At-Tawbah).
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Answer: 4 months
💡 Allah the Exalted says: "Indeed, the number of months with Allah is twelve [lunar] months," then says: "of these, four are sacred" (Surah At-Tawbah).
Answer: Shawwal
💡 Shawwal is the tenth month, and its first day is Eid al-Fitr.
Answer: Sha'ban
💡 Sha'ban is the eighth month, and the Prophet ﷺ used to fast a lot in it to prepare for Ramadan.
Answer: Dhul-Hijjah
💡 Dhul-Hijjah is the last Hijri month; it contains Hajj and Eid al-Adha, and after it a new Hijri year begins with the month of Muharram.
Answer: Zamzam
💡 Zamzam is a blessed well that Allah made gush forth for Hajar and her son Isma'il (peace be upon him), and pilgrims still drink from it today.
Answer: The Black Stone
💡 The person doing tawaf begins and ends each circuit at the Black Stone, and it is sunnah to touch it or point to it.
Answer: Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
💡 Muslims prayed toward Jerusalem (Bayt al-Maqdis) for about 16 or 17 months after the Hijrah, then Allah commanded them to face the Ka'bah, which is why al-Aqsa is called "the first of the two qiblahs."
Answer: Al-Masjid al-Haram
💡 The Ka'bah is in the middle of al-Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, the greatest and best of mosques.
Answer: The Honored Ka'bah
💡 The Honored Ka'bah is the qiblah of Muslims; Allah the Exalted says: "So turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram" (Surah Al-Baqarah).
Answer: The miqat
💡 The miqats are places the Prophet ﷺ set for those intending Hajj or Umrah, and they must not pass them without being in ihram.
Answer: The 9th of Dhul-Hijjah
💡 The Day of Arafah is the 9th of Dhul-Hijjah; standing at Arafah is the greatest pillar of Hajj, and the next day is Eid al-Adha.
Answer: Makkah
💡 Hajj means traveling to the Sacred House of Allah in Makkah and its holy sites (Mina, Arafah and Muzdalifah) to perform the rites, and it is required once in a lifetime of whoever is able.
Answer: Zakat
💡 Zakat is an obligatory right on wealth; it purifies the soul of the rich and meets the needs of the poor, and it is given to the eight categories mentioned in Surah At-Tawbah.
Answer: A quarter of a tenth (2.5%)
💡 Zakat on wealth is a quarter of a tenth, that is 2.5 out of every 100, on condition that it reaches the nisab and a full (Hijri) year passes.
Answer: Zakat al-Fitr
💡 Zakat al-Fitr is a sa' (a measure) of food given for every Muslim, paid before the Eid prayer as a purification for the fasting person and food for the poor.
Answer: Two Eids
💡 Muslims have two Eids a year: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, and each comes after a great act of worship: fasting and Hajj.
Answer: The 10th day
💡 Eid al-Adha is on the 10th of Dhul-Hijjah and is called the Day of Sacrifice (Yawm al-Nahr); on it, Muslims sacrifice animals to draw closer to Allah.
Answer: Eid al-Fitr
💡 Eid al-Fitr comes after completing the fast of Ramadan; Muslims rejoice in Allah's blessing, say the takbir and pray the Eid prayer.
Answer: Suhoor
💡 The Prophet ﷺ said: "Eat suhoor, for in suhoor there is blessing" (Agreed upon), and suhoor is eaten before the Fajr adhan.
Answer: Ramadan
💡 Fasting the month of Ramadan is one of the pillars of Islam, and it is the month in which the Noble Quran was revealed.