 الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل وأشد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له يقول الحق وهو يهدي السبيل وأشد أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد إن شاء الله وتعالى في today's lecture I want to speak about some rulings and benefits in this noble month that we are in شهر الله المحرم benefits إن شاء الله وتعالى and some rulings that we can take from this month this month شهر الله المحرم is a great blessed month and it's the first month of the Islamic calendar and it is one of the four months that are sacred to us as Muslims الله عز وجله سيزن القرآن إن عدة الشهور عند الله 12 شهرا في كتاب الله يوم خلق السماوات والأرض منها أربعة حرم ذلك الدين القيم فلا تضلم فيهن أنفسكم الله سبحانه وتعالى tells us that the months in the year 12 إن عدة الشهور عند الله 12 شهرا there are 12 months in the year and Allah says منها أربعة حرم there are four sacred months in the year so within those 12 months there are four months which we call them أشهر الحرم we call them أشهر الحرم the ayah didn't state what are those four months but the sunnah came and explained it the sunnah came and explained what are those four months the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said in the hadith which إمام البخاري and Muslim both narrated من حديث أبي بكره رضي الله تعالى عنه the messenger said إن الزمان قد استدارك كهيئته that the time has been back to its original form what does that mean before Islam the Arab pagans they used to change أشهر الحرم whenever they wanted to fight with a tribe they would delay أشهر الحرم they would push it back and if they felt like they didn't want to fight that year they would bring back أشهر الحرم to its original place or they would bring it forward so they tampered with it they played with it so the Arab pagans they played around with the months whenever they wanted to fight they would push back the month because in these months you can't fight even to them they didn't used to fight so they would play with the months the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said in this hadith إن الزمان قد استهدارك that time has been brought back to its original form everything is now correct when Islam came it corrected the time then the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said there are 12 months in the year منها أربعة حرم there are four sacred months now look at the sunnah is going to explain to us what are these four months ثلاثة متواليات three of those months from the four three are consecutive they are one after the other they are what? consecutive وراثي دلقعدة دلحجة and محرم they are next to each other and then the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم so the first one is دلقعدة دلحجة and محرم they are together ثلاثة المتواليات then the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said وارجب مضر and رجب is alone but the Prophet a tribe attributed and he ascribed رجب to a particular tribe who are they? مضر مضر is a tribe it's a tribe from the Arab tribes they used to respect this month they used to venerate it they used to look after this month so the ayah told us there are four sacred months and the hanith told us what those four months are let's go back to the ayah الله says فلا تضلموا فيهن أنفسكم what does it mean فلا تضلموا فيهن أنفسكم فلا تضلموا فيهن أنفسكم الإمام القرطبي the great Mufassir the scholar of Tafseer أبو عبد الله القرطبي he said in his Tafseer book he says فلا تضلموا فيهن أنفسكم do not transgress on one another what it means is خص الله تعالى أربعة الأشهر بالذكر ونهى عن الظلم فيها تشريفا لها وإن كان منهين عنه في كل زمان these four months the transgression is made more serious you are not allowed to transgress on anyone you are not allowed to oppress anyone and in these four months that we just mentioned ذلقعدة ذلحجة محرم and رجب those four months you can't oppress anybody it's more serious and you are not allowed to oppress yourself what does it mean you don't oppress yourself it means that you stay away from sinning because the sin is an oppression of yourself ولذلك عبد الله عباس and others they said the sins that are done in these four months are greater than the sins that are done in any other month oh pay attention to this the sins that a person does in أشهر الحرم is greater than the sins that are done in any other time of the year the question here is what is the wisdom why only this month that we are in right now today is attributed to Allah why do we say شاهر الله المحرم the month of Allah محرم why do we say that why don't we say شاهر الله رمضان why is this the only month that Allah attributed to himself he ascribed it to himself and not any other month the scholars they mentioned number one the virtue of this month is great but that still doesn't answer the question why because رمضان is also a noble month and رمضان is a virtuous month rather رمضان is better than محرم so why is محرم attributed to Allah but not رمضان الإمام جلال الدين السيوطي which is the Book of Debaaj in the Book of Debaaj in the Book of Sa'a Muslim ابن الحجاج سيوطي mentions the reason why only this month of محرم is attributed to Allah and not any other month including رمضان is because محرم is the only month that Islam gave it that name and not any other month رمضان before Islam it was called رمضان all of the other months they had their names before Islam and Islam used those names but this month محرم Islam gave it that name and this is a فائدة a benefit that this month محرم is a شرعي Islamic name Islam gave it that name and سيوطي also mentions the شرح of سننسائي the call of الحافظ أبو الفضل العراقي you can also see it there إن شاء الله تعالى I now want to move on to another point which is the virtue in increasing in fasting this month أبو هوريرا narrated from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and this hadith is found is صحيح مسلم that Abu Huraira said أفضل السيامي the best fasting بعد رمضان after the month of Ramadan أفضل السيامي the best fasting بعد رمضان after Ramadan is what is the fasting of what شهر الله المحرم the best fasting after Ramadan is this month of شهر الله المحرم the Prophet said this so each and every one of us should try to fast the scholars they differed between themselves they differed should the person fast the whole month or should he fast the majority of the month the reason why they differed is because of the hadith of Aisha رضي الله تعالى عنها where she said that the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم he never fasted a complete month in its totality except the Ramadan and the next month that he would fast a lot of it was شعبان so it shows that the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم did not fast all of the month all of the Muharram and that he fasted the majority of it and the second group of scholars they said this hadith of Abu Huraira that we just mentioned which is أفضل السيامي بعد رمضان الشهر الله المحرم this hadith shows that the person should fast all of it that they should what that they should try to fast all of them days in this particular month because of the virtue that are in it if this month is that virtuous and it's that great what is the real significance of this virtue where does this virtue stem from what is actually giving in this virtue the scholars they said is a particular day within it that gives it this virtue in this month of Muharram there's a day called يوم عاشورا the day of عاشورا it's in this month and it's on the 10th of Muharram what is يوم عاشورا يوم عاشورا as Ibn Abbas mentioned he said that النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لما قدم المدينة when the messenger came to the city of Medina so this is called مرسل الصحابي because Ibn Abbas was very young to know when the prophet came to Medina he was only three years old so Ibn Abbas must have heard it from another companion so Ibn Abbas and he said when the messenger came to Medina واجدهم يصومون who was in Medina three tribes from the Jews three tribes of the Jews lived in Medina بنو النذير بنو قينقاع and what بنو النذير بنو قينقاع and what بنو قريضة these were the three tribes of the Jews that lived in what they reside in Medina so when the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم came one of the early things that he did was he first of all done a contract with them second thing that he did was he saw things from them صلى الله عليه وسلم وعلي and from the things that he saw from them was that they were fasting on the 10th of Muharram this particular day they were fasting so the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم he asked about this and he said to them what is it that I see you fasting in this particular day and they said to the prophet هذا يوم عظيم this is a great day Muhammed وهو يوم its a day نجله فيه موسى الله saved موسى وأغرق فرعون and Allah drowned فرعون in the ocean it's the day Allah saved نبي الله موسى so when they said that نبي الله محمد said أنا أولى من موسى منكم أنا أولى من موسى منكم موسى is more closer to me than you it's more befitting that we the Muslims fast on this day than you all فصامة who the prophet fasted it وأمر بصيابه and he commanded the companions to fast it and this the scholars they say was the time when the fasting of A'amah that was abrogated later عشورة was obligatory to be fasted at a particular time you had to fast it and then after that what happened it became what highly recommended the obligation doesn't no longer stand why because رمضان came رمضان came after عشورة so رمضان became obligatory and عشورة became highly recommended and after that it became obligatory and عشورة became highly recommended and then a person should fast it the prophet used to make sure he looked after this particular day عبدالله بن عباسن he said ما رأيت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم عبدالله بن عباسن he said I did not see the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم يتحر ما معنى يتحر حافظه بلا حجر and he said ايقصد صوبه لتحصيل ثوابه والرغبة فيه I never saw the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم so eager to gain reward from something in fasting the way he was صلى الله عليه وسلم in this particular day يتحرص يام يومي فضله الله على غير إلا هذا إلا هذا اليوم يوم عشورة I never saw the prophet give all of his energy and enthusiasm صلى الله عليه وسلم then this particular day يوم عشورة so he used to work hard for this day so it's upon each and every one of us to do that to fast the day of عشورة the 10th of Muharran and there's a reward connected to it the reward that is connected to it is found in صلى الله عليه وسلم that the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he said وصيامه and the fasting وصيام يوم عشورة the fasting of عشورة احتسب the prophet said I hope على الله from Allah سنة التي قبله I hope from Allah that he will forgive us for the sins that we did last year so عشورة is not better than the day of عرفة عرفة is better because عرفة is the year before and the year after so it's two years عرفة لكن عشورة is just the year before just the year before question here the scholars they said is the sins that are forgiven are they the major sins or the minor sins or are they both the views of the scholars are many the scholars they said three views number one this month at this day عشورة your minor sins will be forgiven with the condition that you stay away from the major sins with the condition that you want that you stay away from the major sins because didn't Allah say in the ayah عدة شهورة عند الله عشورة شارا في كتاب الله يوم خلق السماوات والأرض منها أربعة الحرط دالك دين القيم فلا تضلموا فيه انفصكم do not transgress on yourselves do not come with major sins so if you want for Allah to give your minor sins you have to stay away from the major sins that's one group of scholars they said if you do that and you stay away from the major sins Allah will not only forgive you for your what Allah will not only forgive you for the minor sins but he also forgive you for the major sins that's the first group the second group of scholars they said and that's the strongest إن شاء الله تعالى that all of your minor sins will be forgiven and the major sins they require repentance major sins they always require what repentance that's the second view which is the strongest and the third view is that you are forgiven for the major and the minor with no conditions stipulated and that is the weakest of the views the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he never only used to fast يوم عاشورة or he wished more like to fast a day other than عاشورة عاشورة he wished صلى الله عليه وسلم وعلي to fast a day other than عاشورة with it عبد الله عباس رضي الله تعالى عنهما he said قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ادى مسجد سن لأ إن بقي if I remain if Allah gives me a life to live longer إلا قابل if I live for another year لأصوما كاسع I will fast a night I will fast a what I will fast a night and I will fast a what the tenth both of them so it is highly recommended to fast the ninth and the and the tenth here the scholars they asked what is the wisdom the wisdom of fasting on the ninth what's the wisdom I'm going to give you the statement of الإيمام and نوى in his مجموعة which is a نوى says there's three wisdoms that the scholars mentioned why one should fast and why it's recommended to fast on the ninth the first reason they said it is مخالفة to the Jews to go against the Jews because the prophet wanted to fast on the tenth and the Jews were fasting on the tenth he didn't want to follow them so how did he change it he fasted two days just to not be like them عليه الصلاة والسلام and this is in the hadith of الإيمام أحمد in his مسنة that the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم he said فاست the day of عاشورة وخالفوا اليهودة and go against the Jews by doing what وصوم قبله fast a day before it وبعضه or after it the one here is or after it go against them that's the first wisdom why one should fast on the ninth the second wisdom that the scholars mentioned is the same way that you're not allowed to fast on Monday by itself you're not allowed to fast on عاشورة by itself you have to fast a day with it Friday can you fast by itself no you either have to fast a day before it or a day after it so the second goal is that to fast on the day of عاشورة you have to do a day before it or after it you can't do it by itself that's the second view now we mentioned some scholars took that view such as الإمام الخطابي the third view is الاحتياد the reason why you're fasting on the ninth is because what could have happened is وقوع غلط a mistake could have occurred by the sighting of the moon the sighting of the moon might be wrong and so you might miss the day of عاشورة so to be on the safe side if you fast a day before it what will happen you'll most likely catch it either on the tenth or a night before it on the ninth you will get hold of it so to be on the safe side those are the three wisdoms why the scholars رحمه الله might be love it brothers these months going by like that is your life going by fast you take lessons from it you saw a year just finished that's a year that has gone by from your life that will never come back you will never live that life again you have now started a new year this it means that you're every day getting closer to your grave وَلِذَالِكَ دَسَلَفُوا هَاديِ الْأُمَّا the pious predecessors every single day of their life they knew it was a day closer to the meeting of their Lord الله عز و جل and each and every one of us will be asked about our life and how we spent it the حديث ألمام الترمذي و نريته في السنن من حديث أبي برزة الأسلامي that the Prophet ﷺ he said لا تزول قدماء عبد يوم القيامة a person's legs will not move from his position the day of judgment حتى يسأل عن أربع and another way I say حتى يسأل عن خمسن until he is asked about five or four questions from those questions that you're going to be asked is عن عمره فيما أفنا how did you spend your life how did you spend your age that was given to you الله gave you a time to live الله says in the Quran أولا من عمركم ما يتذكر فيه من تذكر وجاءكم النذير الله says did I not give you a life to live a time to live did I not give you وجاءكم النذير and the water came to you عبدالله العباس he said that the water that is meant in the ayah is that white hair came into your bed or your head that's a water that's saying to you your time is finishing you're getting closer to Allah and your meeting point is not far-fetched so when you see the months going fast it was the other day when we were celebrating Eid couple of months before that we were what we were fasting in the month of Ramadan just after that it was Hajj your life is going that fast your عمر is going fast the Prophet ﷺ he said نعمتان مغبون فيهما كثير من الناس صحة والفراغ two blessings that Allah has given many people are heedless of they don't know the value of what they have what are they الصحة free time that you have you have a lot of free time you don't see the value of what you have and also the free time here is the نعم of time والفراغ and health Allah has given you سبحانه وتعالى your look at how masha Allah your fragile how masha Allah you're not fragile you're strong you're able to do things a poet once said he grew very old and so he went to a well he went to a well and he threw a bucket inside the well and he tried to pull out the bucket to bring out the water and then he realized he can't pull it as he used to when he was young and so he said مالي إذا جدبتها صايته أكيبرٌ علاني أم بيته why is it that now that I try to pull out the bucket I'm making noise I'm saying مالي إذا جدبتها صايته أكيبرٌ علاني أم بيته what is it that's making me heavy what is it that's pushing me down that's making me the way I am right now weak senile fragile and then he says ليت الشباب أم بوعة فشتريته I wish that youth was something that was sold and bought in the market I could go and I could buy the opportunity of one second being a person who's young I wish he's hoping for time to be rewinded and so he can go back he now realizes the value of time and the blessing Allah has given him سبحانه وتعالى so it's now that you realize this month of محرم it's a time that you ponder and you contemplate and you think over what have you done the last past year what did you accomplish what did you accumulate what righteous deeds did you come with also this month of محرم and also the other months of the year as a believer it should have significance for you يا إخوة براثز you should know the Islamic events in the year a scholar has taken they took time out to speak about every single month in the year what the Prophet ﷺ used to do and the value of that particular month ألمام النسائيو he wrote a Kitab called what he wrote a Kitab called عمل اليوم والليلة ابن سمي he wrote a Kitab called عمل اليوم والليلة ابن حجر he wrote a Kitab called عمل اليوم والليلة سيوتي he wrote a Kitab called عمل اليوم والليلة الإمام الورجب he wrote a Kitab called عائف المعارف all of these books what did they talk about they talk about every single month in the year what the Messenger used to do what did he do in that month what acts of عبادات was he doing to get closer to Allah by and so as a Muslim an Islamic month should not come in except you know what this month is what's the virtue of this month what's the value of this month what are the things that I could do to get closer to Allah عز و جل everybody around you today that you look at who's righteous who's noble who the day of judgment is going to have a high station they've only passed you in one of two things either they passed you in beneficial knowledge they have more knowledge than you and the second thing is righteous deeds and that's all the religion of Islam came for you to accomplish beneficial knowledge and what righteous deeds knowing every single month what is the value of this month what did the Prophet do in this month and then straight away knowing what you need to do and then executing it محرم came in what is the value what do I need to do عشوراء is on the 10th okay I need to fast okay and on the 9th I need to fast as well okay beneficial knowledge is vital brothers there are some people محرم came in and he probably might even go and they don't even know that محرم has come and they don't even know the value of that month let alone doing righteous deeds in that particular month and coming with what in this day of يوم عشوراء the people are one of two a people who have followed the Prophet ﷺ in what he did and what did we say the Prophet did on the day of عشوراء he fasted عليه صلى الله عليه وسلم that's what's being transmitted to us from the Prophet ﷺ another group of people they went against the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم in the day of عشوراء so they did one of two things a group of people they used the day of عشوراء as a day of sadness and sorrow because of an event that took place in Islamic history a noble virtue was companion the grandson of the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم رسيل ابن عالي ابن عاليبن it was this day that he became a martyr رضي الله تعالى عنه and he was unjustly killed so they take this opportunity this day to show and express sorrow and sadness this is a position in the way of the Prophet ﷺ the Prophet didn't do this nor did his companions the second group of people who went against the Prophet ﷺ in the day of عشوراء are a people who celebrated it like it's عيد and so that day what they do is they do a تواسر فنفق they give out they gather the family together like it's عيد celebration and this is not what the Prophet ﷺ and all the companions did the only thing that has been transmitted to us that he did was what? that he fasted ﷺ and as we all know anyone who does an action that is not from what the Prophet ﷺ did what is it? it's rejected and the Prophet ﷺ also said هذا ما ليس منه فورد anyone who introduces a matter into the religion that which is not from it it's what? it's rejected so if you're trying to get closer to Allah the way that you can get closer to Allah is the way of the Prophet ﷺ as the Salaf used to say all of the paths and the roads are closed they're blocked there's no way to Allah except the road that the Messenger ﷺ took that's the only way to Allah because why do we do a righteous deed for? what is the reason why we worship Allah for Allah to be pleased with us and for Allah to love us but if you do this act how do you know Allah is pleased with you in doing this act and how do you know Allah is happy with it and loves it the only way that you could have found out is through the Messenger and if the Prophet didn't legislate it then you're doing something you don't know whether Allah is pleased with it nor if he loves it also those of you who've understood these أحكام and these rulings and learnt it take it upon yourself to convey it to your family members because the Prophet ﷺ he told us the one who shows others good is like he himself has done it so if you go out and you inform a person of the day of and on the ninth and you tell them about it and they may not have known about it and they fast that day you get the reward of that person's fasting that day you get the what? the reward of that person who's fasting that particular day and Allah will reward you and he will not reduce it from that person meaning he will get his full reward and you will get the full reward of what he did as well so convey it and tell your family members about it the things that you can do and the things that you can't do the fasting of the day of is like the fasting of any other time meaning it's the أحكام that are pertaining to fasting in Ramadan also applies here the only difference is عاشورة is not obligatory so when you're fasting it's incorrect to fast believing that it's obligatory you should fast believing that it's what? highly recommended and it's against the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم a way that if you miss عاشورة to bring it back if you've missed it it's an innovation to go out and bring it back by saying I missed عاشورة so I'm going to bring it back because the Prophet didn't do that nor did his companions do that nor has it been transmitted to us from the pious predecessors that they did that it's highly recommended don't miss it and if you do miss it for whatever reason it may be then hope for the next year to come for you to fast I will open the floor for question and answers anything which I have said that was wrong and incorrect is from me a shaitan and Allah his messenger are free from it one of the most common books I can't say it's the most comprehensive because I haven't compared it but one of the most common books and the beneficial book is the كتاب لطائف المعارف لطائف المعارف by إبن رجب الحملي that kitab is very valuable and he has beneficial statements and quotes and at the beginning of the book he talks about the value of time and the importance that time means to us as Muslims and how Allah تعالى values time by swearing by time it's all by night it's all by نهار عصر and it's also all by time in general and Allah تعالى he speaks about the when نهار there are signs in all of this the day coming in and the night leaving there are signs in all of this so إبن رجب speaks about that in the beginning and then after that he talks about every single month and he starts with the month of محرم because the month of محرم is the first it's the first month who made it the first month عمار عثمان they made it the first month the صعاب is agreed that this is going to be the first month of the year and what's the last month of the Islamic calendar yeah so the sacred month starts with the year and it finishes with the year are you with me brothers so we have one of the أشهر الحرم starts وليدانك إبن رجب brings a فائدة out of that and also إبن حجر which is as a Muslim you are beginning your year with staying away from that which is حرام and also what you are exiting the year with staying away from حرام وليدانك that's why إبن حجر said that it was called شهر الله الحرام حرام staying away from that which is حرام staying away from that which is not permissible and you finish your year with دل حجة which is a gear where you've done حج and your sins are clean عرفة and now you're starting a new year so عمر عثمان were the ones who placed this month of محرم as the first year as the first month of the year any other questions شغناصر رحمه الله شغل الباني رحمه الله he held a view regarding the fasting of saturday he took the hanith of the prosala يوم سبتي إلا في مفطورض عليكم يوم سبتي إلا في مفطورض عليكم أو كما قال عليه صلى الله عليه وسلم do not fast on saturday unless it's obligatory on you the حديث ألمان أبي داود narrated in his sunan this hanith there is a dispute in its authenticity if you hold this hanith to be صحيح if you do hold this to be صحيح that's one situation if you believe the hanith is weak if it's not authentic then the discussion شغل الباني is bringing forward does not apply on you are we all together the scholars they differ on its authenticity I'm of the opinion that the حديث صحيح and it's authentic now that I agree that the حديث صحيح I also don't agree with شغل الباني's view in this issue لا تصوب يوم سبتي إلا في مفطورض عليكم the view that شغل الباني رحمه الله رحمة واسعة that the fasting of friday is not saturday is not allowed unless it's obligatory that's a hadith you can't take it and reject the other hadiths out there because the قاعدة is what as al-imam Abdullah ibn haja he mentions in his thousand lines of poetry in صول الفق مراقص سعود he says there are many evidences and they seem like they're going against each other what you first have to try is to reconcile them bring them together so what is the other hadith that seems to be going against this issue the حديث of جويلية the Prophet ﷺ saw جويلية fasting on friday and he said to her يوم قبله did you fast the day before friday she said no he said are you going to fast after friday so what's the day before after friday saturday saturday she said no i'm not going to fast on saturday as well then the Prophet said break your fast so this hadith shows us that the fasting on saturday is what it's something that's legislated so we have to try to reconcile between the حديث he tried to answer all of these hadiths there was a discussion if you listen to it with him where they meet each other but they discuss this issue but i don't want to go too much details because it's a sophisticated topic but if it does happen that the day of our shura happens what day is the day of our shura it's going to be on a thursday right it's going to be on a thursday because we don't have that issue right now there's no need to discuss it so if it is that a friday and a saturday fasting happens maybe we might make it one friday night reflection discussing this issue and the thick related and the ruling in more details because of the issue of مخالفة اليهود which is there he says that it should fast and they either before it or after it 11 so is it recommended to fast all of محرم نعم based on the ظاهر of the hadith it's permissible you can the ظاهر is what well if you go to كتاب عون المعبود he mentions the reason why the prophet is not transmitted from him that he fasted all of محرم is because عشورة and the ruling of محرم was one of the last rulings for the prophet so he didn't live long to have fasted the whole month and the second one was that the prophet was the majority of the month of محرم was when he was traveling so that's why he didn't fast all of محرم ولي ذلك عبد العظيم العبادية رحمه الله from India he explains that particular point رحمه الله تعالى so if you so having two intentions which is to fast on عشورة and friday the issue of تداخل النيات to enter two intentions into each other it's permissible as long as they are both voluntary or one is voluntary and the other one is wajib but you're not allowed to bring two wajibah together does that make sense this is the strongest opinion meaning the prophet he sometimes used to pray he used to pray and he would also teach the companions how to pray so how many intentions did he have how many intentions did he have two intentions one was to pray he was praying so he would go on to the pulpit and he would actually be praying and he would say to them صلوا كما رأيتموني وصلي pray the way that you see me pray so he would show them how to pray that was his intention, that's one intention and the second intention was what and he would be praying as well so it's to teach and to pray he had two intentions so it's permissible to have two intentions and to bring them together in this particular issue so fasting on Thursdays and the fasting of what the day of Ashura any other questions now I'm correct the word worship you're right we're sometimes loose on the translation because the English language is a bit weak it's true so the English language is a language which is originally weak to express the words that are used in it so without a doubt it's good to use the word عبادة the reason is because عبادات in Islam for instance a man taking a spoon of food and placing it in the mouth of his wife with the intention of getting closer to Allah the Prophet ﷺ had told us he gets rewarded for it حتى ما تجعل في في يمرعتك in the English language that's not worship they don't consider it to be worship the Prophet ﷺ said وفي بضع حديكم صدقة the intimate relationship that the man has with his spouse is also a form of عبادة they can get closer to Allah if he comes with the intention that's not in the English language it's only seen as going to a particular place and then facing whatever you're worshiping and doing that particular ritual but for us smiling in the Muslim person's face is a form of عبادة shaking a person's hand is عبادة so عبادة is لاشكة more general and more comprehensive but because we are limited in the term and the vocabulary that we have in the English language is used in the translation like in جزاك الله خيراً for pointing that out بارك الله فيك إن شاء الله next time we'll point it بارك الله فيك are you any other questions are you last question إن شاء الله it's صحيح if you say شهر الله المحرم you can say شهزاكم الله نعم all of those are celebrating the new years and what not and the first day doing a specific thing on that particular day for example on that day some people they celebrated the first day of محرم the families come together and celebration this is not from our religion this is not we only have two Eids what are the two Eids that we have ايد الفترة ايد العضحة and Friday which is the Eid of every week شاء الله that's more than enough right نعم بارك الله فيك