Message #12267

[Heba E. Husseyn]

sister help me to understand is this true claim ?

The Arabs consider bad luck / poor when making aqad wedding in the month of  Shawwal .So the Prophet (pbuh) wsa usually ordered by almighty Allah to refuse such tradition through personal example to marry aisha in the month of Shawwal ?

Salaam sister Muslima.  Every claim of the Hadith must be taken with a big pinch of salt .. most of them discarded altogether.  The best way to avoid confusion is to simply utilize the Noble Quran as our sole Criterion or Furqan.  That's because Allah has commanded us in the Quran that His Final Message is the standard for all judgments & decisions for believers.   The Quran definitely rejects all forms of superstitions and it does not disallow marriages to take place in Shawwal.  The Quran also does not mention anything about the month or date of any of the Prophet's marriages.  Furthermore, we cannot also be sure if the Arabs in the 7th century were really superstitious about not getting married in Shawwal (or between the two Eids as is commonly presumed) or was this a superstitious custom of ancient Persia introduced into the Hadith by the Persian imams like Bukhari etc.  There has been so much bungling in the Hadith history that it's impossible to confirm any of the stories or gossips that are circulated within the Hadith literature.   Frankly, the Quran does not even mention about the celebration of Eid-al-fitr after Ramadan.  Although the Noble Quran has described the importance of the month of Ramadan in detail and also the method of fasting, yet there is absolutely no mention of marking the end of Ramadan with a feast or any such celebration as is practiced now in the name of Eid-al-fitr.  And anything not instructed by Allah would never be introduced by the Prophet (pbuh).  It is thought by many researchers and historians that the practice of Eid-al-fitr as a formal custom began much after the passing away of the Prophet (pbuh) by the medieval imams.  All of these Persian imams from Khorasan and adjoining regions who came to Arabia to compile the Hadith were recent converts to Islam from Zoroastrianism.  They converted mainly for practical benefits but at heart were still inclined to following many of the pre-Islamic traditions of their ancestors.   And if you study the old history of different communities, you will observe that in pre-Islamic culture, the ending of religious practices would often be marked by a celebration with fun & jubilation.  

We only know for sure on the basis of Quranic principles that there should not be any marriages in the month of Ramadan because this is the month of the Quran and reserved for fasting and worship.  Also, there is not to be any marriages while one is performing Hajj.  Therefore, the Prophet's marriage to Aisha could have taken place on any one of the months within the Islamic calendar except Ramadan and Zul-Hijjah.