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1 The Virtues of Surah Al-Ma'idah; When It was Revealed Surah to ...

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<strong>The</strong> Necessity <strong>of</strong> Observing the Sanctity <strong>of</strong> the Sacred Area<br />

and the Sacred Months<br />

<strong>Al</strong>lah continues,<br />

یَا أَی ُّهَا ال َّذِینَ‏ آمَنُواْ‏ لاَ‏ تُحِل ُّواْ‏ شَعَآئِرَ‏ اللّهِ‏ ...<br />

O you who believe! Violate not the sanctity <strong>of</strong> Sha'a'ir<br />

<strong>Al</strong>lah (the symbols <strong>of</strong> <strong>Al</strong>lah),<br />

Ibn Abbas said,<br />

"Sha`a'ir <strong>Al</strong>lah means the rituals <strong>of</strong> Hajj.''<br />

Mujahid said,<br />

"As-Safa and <strong>Al</strong>-Marwah, and the sacrificial<br />

animal are the symbols <strong>of</strong> <strong>Al</strong>lah.''<br />

<strong>It</strong> <strong>was</strong> also stated that;<br />

Sha`a'ir <strong>Al</strong>lah is what He prohibited. <strong>The</strong>refore,<br />

it means, do not violate what <strong>Al</strong>lah prohibited.<br />

<strong>Al</strong>lah said afterwards,<br />

nor <strong>of</strong> the Sacred Month,<br />

9<br />

وَلاَ‏ الش َّهْرَ‏ الْحَرَامَ‏ ...<br />

for you are required <strong>to</strong> respect and honor the<br />

Sacred Month and <strong>to</strong> refrain from what <strong>Al</strong>lah<br />

forbade during it, such as fighting. This also lays<br />

emphasis on avoiding sins during that time.<br />

As <strong>Al</strong>lah said;<br />

یَسْأَلُونَكَ‏ عَنِ‏ الش َّهْرِ‏ الْحَرَامِ‏ قِتَالٍ‏ فِيهِ‏ قُلْ‏ قِتَالٌ‏ فِيهِ‏ آَبِيرٌ‏<br />

<strong>The</strong>y ask you concerning fighting in the Sacred<br />

Month. Say, "Fighting therein is a great<br />

(transgression).'' (2:217)<br />

إِن َّ عِد َّةَ‏ الش ُّهُورِ‏ عِندَ‏ اللّهِ‏ اثْنَا عَشَرَ‏ شَهْ‏ رًا<br />

(Verily, the number <strong>of</strong> months with <strong>Al</strong>lah is twelve<br />

months (in a year). (9:36)<br />

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