Rajab

Rajab Rajab is the seventh month in the Islamic lunar calendar. This month was regarded as one of the sacred months (Al-Ashur Al-hurum) in which battles were prohibited in the days of Rasoolullah (sal.la-laahu akyhi Wa sal-lam) It is also deemed to be a prelude to the month of Ramadhan, because Ramadhan follows it after the intervening month of Sha'ban Therefore when Rasoolullah (sal-hal laahu alayhi Wa sal lam) sighted the moon of st Rajab, he used to supplicate to Allah in the following words:

O Allah, make the months of Rajab and Sha'ban blessed for us, and let us ese reach the month of Ramadhan (ie, prolong our life up to Ramadhan, so that we may benefit from its merits and blessings). It is generally believed that the great event of Me'raaj took place on the night of 27th Rajab. (see page 163) No doubt the night in which Rasoolullah srsi (Sa-lai-laahu alayhi Wa sal lam) was blessed with this unparalleled honour was one of the great nights in the history of this world. But, the Qur'an mkr and the Sunnah of Rasoolullah (sal-a-laahu alayhi Wa sal lam, did not prescribe any festival or any celebration to commemorate this event, however remarkable it might have been