Why was named the month of Ramadan this name?

2024-02-06 2024-02-06T16:58:19Z

Weather of Arabia - Muslims fast during the month of Ramadan, which is the ninth month in the Hijri calendar, and distinguish it from the rest of the months of the year by worship, which is one of the five pillars of Islam. The holy month has a special place among Muslims and their history, as it contains the Night of Power, which God Almighty described as better than a thousand months. However, the question arises about what is the origin of the name of this holy month mentioned in the Qur’an. It is noteworthy that this month was known as Ramadan before Islam, and it was also called “ Natiq .” Although fasting was known in previous religions, it was not associated with Ramadan at that time.<h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Old designations for the month of Ramadan</h3> Abu Bakr bin Duraid al-Dawsi (223 AH/837 AD - 321 AH/933 AD), the poet and writer from the descendants of the Arab king Malik bin Fahm al-Dawsi al-Azdi, reported in one of his writings that the names of the months were derived from the ancient language and were chosen based on the times in which they occurred. He pointed out that the name of the month of Ramadan is due to the intense heat that occurs during it, and there are sayings that explain this by the necessity of fasting during these hot days, or because fasting in this month has been a known act of worship since ancient times. It is noteworthy that the first person to name it by the name of the months was “Kallab bin Murra” from the Quraish tribe. It is also said that the Arabs used to sharpen their weapons during the month of Ramadan, that is, mark them and sharpen them among the stones in preparation for war in Shawwal before the sacred months began. Also, the Arabs previously called the holy month “Natiqa,” as mentioned by Al-Mawardi, Al-Zamakhshari, and others, because it disturbed them or disturbed them greatly, according to their interpretation. It is also said that the name Ramadan is derived from Al-Ramd, meaning free, as narrated by Al-Asma’i on the authority of Abu Amr. From this came their saying regarding the reason for its name: Because hearts take from it the heat of the sermon and the thought of the afterlife, just as they take sand and stones from the heat of the sun, and the red ones are hot stones. In his book “Ramadan Dictionary,” Egyptian academic Fouad Morsi (1925-1990) conveys multiple opinions about why the holy month was named after him. He suggests that the name Ramadan may be derived from ramadhan, which is the rain that comes before the fall season, making the earth hot and burning. He adds that the most widespread opinion is that the name Ramadan is derived from Ramadan, and that it used to come with Ramadan every year. It indicates that the pre-Islamic Arabs calculated their history based on the lunisolar calendar, where they added 9 months to every 24 years. Morsi goes on to explain that this arithmetic is widely preferred in Mecca, especially among the desert people and the Bedouins who do not possess precise arithmetic skills. However, in this they follow the people of Mecca, especially those who live near the Kaaba. They consider that the law of the Kaaba is what determines for them the prohibition of fighting in some months of the year and its permissibility in the rest, which affects the way they calculate the months.<hr /> Source: <a href="https://www.aljazeera.net/culture/2021/4/15/%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%... style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

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