Dr. Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Qadri

Shaykh Ul Fiqh, Jamia Nizamia; Founder - Director


Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center

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Concept of Tera Tezi Part 2


There is a Hadith in Sunan Abu Dawood that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Considering anything unlucky is from Satan.

(Sunan Abu Dawood, Hadith No: 5757,
Zujajatul Masabeeh, Vol. 3, Pg No. 445)

There is a Hadith in Zujajatul Masabeeh on the authority of Sahih Bukhari:

Translation of Hadith: It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah be well pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: No disease is contagious (in itself) and there is nothing called inauspiciousness, there is no inauspiciousness in owl and there is no inauspiciousness in Safar.

(Sahih Bukhari, Hadith No: 5757,
Zujajatul Masabeeh, Vol. 3, Pg No. 447)

Our master Muhaddith-E-Deccan Abul Hasanaat Hadhrat Abdullah Shah Sahab Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Qadri (May Allah shower His Mercy on him) writes in the interpretation of this Hadith in Zujajatul Masabeeh:

Translation: Imam Abu Dawood describes in his Sunan that when Muhaddith Baqiya asked his teacher Ustadh Muhammad Bin Rashid about this Hadith, he said: In the days of ignorance, people would consider the arrival of the month of Safar as unlucky, so the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) clarified the truth about this by saying that the month of Safar is not unlucky. Qazi Iyaz (May Allah shower His Mercy on him) said that with this Hadith the superstitions about Safar, that difficulties and hardships descend in large numbers in this month, are negated.

(Zujajatul Masabeeh, Haashiya Zujajatul Masabeeh, Vol. 3, Pg No. 447)

The above mentioned Hadith make it clear that considering Safar unlucky and not having any important/happy celebrations like marriage, etc. are all the beliefs of the Pre-Islamic days, which have no basis in Islam. In the same way, keeping eggs, oil etc. in the name of "Tera Tezi" is also useless and ought to be avoided. Apart from this, giving charity to the poor and needy to gain the pleasure of Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala) is permissible an commendable in this month as it is in other months.