Rajab

Rajab
Rajab
	Isra and Mi'raj
Native name	رَجَب (Arabic)
Calendar	Islamic calendar
Month number	7
Number of days	29-30 (depends on actual observation of the moon's crescent)
Significant days	Isra and Mi'raj
	← Jumada al-Thani Sha'ban →

Rajab (Arabic: رَجَب) is the seventh month of the Islamic calendar. The lexical definition of the classical Arabic verb rajaba is "to respect",^[1] which could also mean "be awe or be in fear", of which Rajab is a derivative.

This month is regarded as one of the four sacred months (including Muharram, Dhu al-Qadah and Dhu al-Hijjah) in Islam in which battles are prohibited. The pre-Islamic Arabs also considered warfare to be blasphemous during these four months.^[1]

Muslims believe Rajab is the month in which ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib, the fourth Rashidun caliph, was born.

Rajab is also the month during which Isra and Mi'raj (Muhammad's journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and then through the seven Heavens) took place.

Rajab and Shaʿbān are a prelude to the holy month of Ramaḍān.

^ ^a ^b Günay, H.Mehmet (2007). RECEB- An article published in 34th volume of Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam (in Turkish). Vol. 34 (Osmanpazari - Resuldar). Istanbul: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi. pp. 506–507. ISBN 978-97-53-89456-2. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

[İÂ-1] Günay, H.Mehmet (2007). RECEB- An article published in 34th volume of Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam (in Turkish). Vol. 34 (Osmanpazari - Resuldar). Istanbul: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi. pp. 506–507. ISBN 978-97-53-89456-2. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

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