The acts to free from the calamities in the month of Safar Upon this the discussion was started

about the month of Safar. The sheikh said It is very hard and tough month. When this month used to arrive then the prophet of Allah was used to be worried and upset with this matter and when it will pass then he feel happiness and joy. He was greatly affected by the hardness and difficulties of this month. The sheikh said There is one saying of the prophet in which he says One who will inform me the good news of the end of the month of Safar then I will inform him the good news of the paradise for him. The supplication is as follows.

In this connection the sheikh said Allah will send down 10,80,000 calamities and among those calamities 9,20,000 were sent in the month of Safar only. During this month one should busy in the worship and prayers of Allah so that one should be safe from the calamities . The sheikh said He was heard from one pious person that one who want to safe and secure from the calamities of the month of Safar then he should read the following supplication after the prayer.

Upon this the sheikh said To pray four rakats after Eisa (night) prayer in the first night in the month of Safar for the safety of the all Muslims. The method of four rakats (one rakat = one set of standing, genuflexion and prostration in prayer) is as follows. 1. In the First rakat after chapter al-Hamad to recite chapter (verse) Qul Ahwul Kafiroon 15 times. 2. In the second rakat after verse al-Hamad to recite chapter (sura) Iqlas 11 times. 3. In the third rakat after verse al-Hamad to recite Sura qul uwuaz birrab bin nawas 15 times. 4. In the fourth rakat after verse al-Hamad to recite Sura Qul awuaz birrab bin naas 15 times. After completion of the above prayer recite many times Eiyak nobody wake nsatain and recite darud (blessing of the prophet ) 70 times. As this prayer is performed in advance so that person will be safe from the calamities which will send down from the sky on that day. In this connection the sheikh said He was reading in the book Sharah Sheikh Moinuddin Chisti and in which it was written that in the last day of the month of Safar 3,20,000 calamities will send down from the sky. So this day is very and tough compared to the other days of this month. So one should pray four rakats on the last Wednesday of the month then Allah will keep him safe from all calamities of the month and also he will be safe from all calamities of the next year. The supplication is as follows.

The sheikh said all persons will be affected by calamities during this month only. As per tradition prophet Adam (peace be upon him) ate the wheat in the paradise during this month. For this mistake he was weeping for a period of 300 years and his bodys flesh was melted and it was confiscated from the body. Then there was a command which came from Allah to pray in this matter for Allahs forgiveness. So all these hardships and difficulties were started from the month of Safar. In this

connection the sheikh said There is one tradition from Wahab Ibn Munba that once Abel (Qabel) and Cain (Habel) took permission of hunting from prophet Adam (peace be upon). The prophet Adam (Peace be upon) was prohibited them not to go jungle for the hunting but they have ignored his advice. So they went into the jungle and they had a quarrel for something and Habel was killed by Qabil. Then he was ashamed and began thinking what he was doing?. This news was reached to prophet Adam (peace be upon him) and he was very sad and upset with this matter. At that time Gabriel came there said There is a command from Allah that the children of Habil will born all Muslims and from the children of Qabil all will born Jews, fire worshippers and infidel persons because he was killed his brother in the month of Safar. In this connection the sheikh said The followers of the prophet Noah (Peace be upon him) were indulging in the strom and were killed. Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) was thrown into the fire on the first of Safar month and in this month prophet Ayub (peace be upon him) was indulging in the calamities of insects in his body. On the day when the saw cut prophet Zikeria (peace be upon him) was last the Wednesday in the month of Safar. When the knife cuts prophet Yahiahs (Peace be upon him) throat and this event was happening in the month of Safar and in this month prophet Jirgis (peace be upon him) was cut into seven parts and prophet Younus (peace be upon him) was went into the stomach of the whale. Upon this the shaikh began weeping and made a slogan and he was becoming un-conscious. When he became conscious and he explained the difficulties and problems which the last prophet of Allah was encountered for the preaching and propagation Islam during the month of Safar and in that situation he used to connect himself with Allah for help and assistance during the month of Safar. The sheikh said On all prophets of Allah the calamities were sent down during the month of Safar only and this month is very hard and tough. May Allah protect us and all Muslims from the difficulties and problems of the month of Safar. An episode from the book The Comforts of the Hearts (Rahatal Quloob) by Hazrat Khaja Nizamuddin Aluliya (R.A.).

Translated by Mohammed Abdul Hafeez

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