Having construction work carried out in the months of Safar and Rabi-ul-Awwal

Having construction work carried out in the months of Safar and Rabi-ul-Awwal

Darulifta Ahlesunnat

(Dawateislami)

Question

What do the blessed Ulama and Muftis state regarding the following matter: Can we have the construction work carried out in the month of Safar or Rabi-ul-Awwal, or not? Some people consider carrying out work in these months to be harmful and unlucky. What is the right concept regarding it?

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

Construction or any other permissible work can be carried out in Safar, Rabi-ul-Awwal or any other month; there isn’t any Shar’i prohibition of it. Moreover, it is wrong and has no basis if someone considers carrying out work in these months to be harmful and unlucky, and such an opinion was held in the age of ignorance; Islam has forbidden from it.

Furthermore, the health of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم got affected in this month (i.e. Safar-ul-Muzaffar) but this month cannot be called unlucky because of this reason, as, if this [concept] is considered right, one will have to declare that month to be unluckier in which the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم passed away (apparently) and [declaring] it, is completely invalid.

وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ  عَزَّوَجَلَّ  وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم

Answered by:Mufti Muhammad Qasim Attari