At-Tawbah: 37

Ayah

Word by Word

إِنَّمَا

Indeed

ٱلنَّسِيٓءُ

the postponing

زِيَادَةٞ

(is) an increase

فِي

ٱلۡكُفۡرِۖ

the disbelief

يُضَلُّ

are led astray

بِهِ

by it

ٱلَّذِينَ

those who

كَفَرُواْ

disbelieve

يُحِلُّونَهُۥ

They make it lawful

عَامٗا

one year

وَيُحَرِّمُونَهُۥ

and make it unlawful

عَامٗا

(another) year

لِّيُوَاطِـُٔواْ

to adjust

عِدَّةَ

the number

مَا

which

حَرَّمَ

Allah has made unlawful

ٱللَّهُ

Allah has made unlawful

فَيُحِلُّواْ

and making lawful

مَا

what

حَرَّمَ

Allah has made unlawful

ٱللَّهُۚ

Allah has made unlawful

زُيِّنَ

Is made fair-seeming

لَهُمۡ

to them

سُوٓءُ

(the) evil

أَعۡمَٰلِهِمۡۗ

(of) their deeds

وَٱللَّهُ

And Allah

لَا

(does) not

يَهۡدِي

guide

ٱلۡقَوۡمَ

the people

ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ

the disbelievers

Translation

Verily the transposing (of a prohibited month) is an addition to Unbelief: the Unbelievers are led to wrong thereby: for they make it lawful one year, and forbidden another year, in order to adjust the number of months forbidden by Allah and make such forbidden ones lawful. The evil of their course seems pleasing to them. But Allah guideth not those who reject Faith.

Tafsir

"Admonishing the Preference of Opinion in a Religious Matter

Allah says;

إِنَّمَا النَّسِيءُ زِيَادَةٌ فِي الۡكُفۡرِ يُضَلُّ بِهِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواۡ يُحِلِّونَهُ عَامًا وَيُحَرِّمُونَهُ عَامًا لِّيُوَاطِوُواۡ عِدَّةَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللّهُ فَيُحِلُّواۡ مَا حَرَّمَ اللّهُ زُيِّنَ لَهُمۡ سُوءُ أَعۡمَالِهِمۡ وَاللّهُ لَا يَهۡدِي الۡقَوۡمَ الۡكَافِرِينَ

The postponing (of a Sacred Month) is indeed an addition to disbelief:thereby the disbelievers are led astray, for they make it lawful one year and forbid it another year in order to adjust the number of months forbidden by Allah, and make such forbidden ones lawful. The evil of their deeds is made fair-seeming to them. And Allah guides not the people who disbelieve.

Allah admonishes the idolators for choosing their wicked opinions over Allah's Law. They changed Allah's legislation based upon their vain desires, allowing what Allah prohibited and prohibiting what Allah allowed. They thought that three consecutive sacred months were rather long for them to remain without fighting, for they were full of anger and rage. This is why before Islam they innovated a change in the Sacred Month of Muharram, delaying it to the month of Safar! Therefore, they allowed fighting in the Sacred Month and made the non-sacred month sacred, to make the Sacred Months in a year four, as Allah decided!

Ali bin Abi Talhah said that Ibn Abbas commented on Allah's statement,

إِنَّمَا النَّسِيءُ زِيَادَةٌ فِي الۡكُفۡرِ

(The postponing (of a Sacred Month) is indeed an addition to disbelief),

""Junadah bin Awf bin Umayyah Al-Kinani, known as Abu Thumamah, used to attend the Hajj season every year and declare, `Abu Thumamah is never rejected nor refuted!,' and he used to treat Safar as sacred for people one year (and un-sanctify Muharram) and treat Muharram as sacred another year (and un-sanctify Safar in that year). This is why Allah said,

إِنَّمَا النَّسِيءُ زِيَادَةٌ فِي الۡكُفۡرِ

(The postponing (of a Sacred Month) is indeed an addition to disbelief). Allah says, `They allow Muharram one year and make it sacred another year.""'

Al-Awfi narrated a similar statement from Ibn Abbas.

Layth bin Abi Sulaym narrated that Mujahid said,

""There was a man from Bani Kinanah who would attend the Hajj season every year riding his donkey. He would proclaim, `O people! I am never rejected, denied or refuted in what I say. We made this coming Muharram sacred, and Safar not!' The following year he would come again and declare the same words then say, `We made this coming Safar sacred and delayed Muharram (revoked its sanctity).' This is the meaning of Allah's statement,

لِّيُوَاطِوُواۡ عِدَّةَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللّهُ

(in order to adjust the number of months forbidden by Allah), to four months. Allah says, `They allow what Allah disallowed by delaying the Sacred Month.""'

The idolators used to allow Muharram one year and sanctify Safar in its place. They would continue the months of the year according to their normal count and names. The next year they would sanctify Muharram and continue the year, Safar, Rabi`, until the end of the year.

يُحِلِّونَهُ عَامًا وَيُحَرِّمُونَهُ عَامًا لِّيُوَاطِوُواۡ عِدَّةَ مَا حَرَّمَ اللّهُ فَيُحِلُّواۡ مَا حَرَّمَ اللّهُ

They make it lawful one year and forbid it another year in order to adjust the number of months forbidden by Allah, and make such forbidden ones lawful.

Therefore, they would still sanctify four months every year, but would one year sanctify the third from the three consecutive Sacred Months, Muharram, and postpone and delay it another year to Safar.

In his book of Sirah, Imam Muhammad bin Ishaq presented a very useful beneficial discussion on this matter. He said;

""The first to start the practice of overlooking the sanctity of months for the Arabs, thus allowing what Allah sanctified of them and sanctifying what Allah allowed of them, was ""Al-Qalammas"". He was Hudhayfah bin Abd Fuqaym bin Adi bin Amr bin Thalabah bin Al-Harith bin Malik bin Kinanah bin Khuzaymah bin Mudrikah bin Ilyas bin Mudar bin Nizar bin Madd bin Adnan.

His son Abbad maintained this practice, then after him his son Qala bin Abbad did the same, Then his son Umayyah bin Qala, then his son Awf bin Umayyah, then his son Abu Thumamah Junadah bin Awf. He was the last one of his sons (to continue this practice) before Islam.

The Arabs used to gather around him when Hajj finished, and he would stand and give them a speech in which he sanctifies Rajab, Dhul-Qadah and Dhul-Hijjah. He would defer the sanctity of Muharram to Safar one year and uphold its sanctity another year, so as to appear upholding the number (of Sacred Months) Allah made sacred. Therefore, he would allow what Allah prohibited and prohibit what Allah allowed.""

Allah knows best"

At-Tawbah: 37

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