Reap The Virtue Of Rajab Month
we have entered Rajab month. We are recommended to fast on the rajab month given the magnificence of the sunnah fasting in Rajab. But we are also encouraged to recite the intentions of Rajab fasting in the evening.
The following is the fasting intent of Rajab:
نويت صوم غد عن أداء سنة رجب لله تعالى
Nawaitu shauma ghadin 'an adâ'i sunnati Rajaba lillâhi ta'âlâ.
It means, "I intend to fast the sunna of Rajab tomorrow because of Allah SWT."
People who want to fast the sunna Rajab during the day but do not have time to recite the intention and intend to fast in the evening may follow the pronunciation of intention and menghantih intention sunna fasting Rajab immediately.
The obligation of nightly intent only applies to obligatory fasting. For the fast of the sunna, the intention may be made in the daytime as long as the person concerned has not eaten, drank, and other things that break the fast from dawn.
The following is the recitation of the intentions of the Rajab sunna during the day:
نويت صوم هذا اليوم عن أداء سنة رجب لله تعالى
Nawaitu shauma hâdzal yaumi 'an adâ'i sunnati Rajaba lillâhi ta'âlâ.
Meaning, "I intend to fast the sunna of Rajab today because Allah SWT."
Fasting in Rajab is recommended. The reason, we are encouraged to fast sunah in the month of the great according to religion as a description of Syekh Nawawi Banten following:
والعاشر صوم أيام الأشهر الحرم وهي أربعة المحرم ورجب وذو القعدة وذو الحجة. وأفضل الشهور رمضان ثم المحرم ثم رجب ثم ذو الحجة ثم وذو القعدة ثم شعبان. وظاهر كلامهم أن باقي شهور السنة على حد سوا
That is, "The ten fasts in the honorable months, ie four months: Muharram, Rajab, Dhulqa'dah, and Dhul-Hijjah. The most important moon is Ramadan, then Muharram, then Rajab, then Dhu al-Hijjah, then Dhu al-Qa'dah, then Sha'ban.
Their speech is seen outwardly saying that in the months other than the same extinction mentioned, "(See Syekh Nawawi Banten, Nihayatuz Zain, [Beirut: Darul Pole Al-Ilmiyyah, 2002 M / 1422 H], first print, page 192).
From this information it can be concluded that we are recommended fasting sunah in the month of Muharram, Rajab, Dzulqa'dah, Dzulhijjah, and Sha'ban.
Alhafiz K