Assalaamualaikum wr.

Wb
The honourable the principle of SMPIP Insan Robbani
The honourable the fellow teachers and staff
And my beloved students

The first of all , let`s we thanks to Allah who has given a health to us.
Salawat and prayer let`s we say to our greatest prophet Muhammad SAW who has brought us from the darkness
into the lightness.
Ladies and gentlemen on this morning allow me to remind you about Islamic first month..that is Muharram.
Muharram is the month with which the Muslims begin their Calendar. It is one of the four sacred months about
which the Quran Says (what means): {Indeed, the number of months with Allah is twelve [lunar] months in the
register of Allah [from] the day He created the heavens and the earth; of these, four are sacred…} [Quran 9:
36]
These four months, according to the authentic Prophetic narrations, are Thul-Qi'dah, Thul-Hijjah, Muharram

and Rajab. All the interpreters of the Noble Quran are unanimous on this point, because the Noble Prophet
declared in his sermon on the occasion of his last Hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah): "One year consists of twelve
months, of which four are sacred months; three of them are in sequence; Thul-Qi'dah, Thul-Hijjah, Muharram,
and the fourth is Rajab."
My beloved students, Muharram has certain other characteristics special to it, which are as follows:
Fasting during the month:

The Noble Prophet said: 'The best fast after the fast of Ramadan is to fast in the month of Muharram."
Even though the fast during the month of Muharram is not obligatory, one who fasts these days out of his own
will is entitled to a great reward from Allah, the Almighty.
The day of ‘Aashooraa’:
Although Muharram is a sacred month as a whole, yet, the 10th day of Muharram is the most sacred among all
its days. The day is named ‘Aashooraa’. According to Ibn 'Abbaas, may Allah be pleased with him, when the

Prophet migrated to Madeenah, he found that the Jews of Madeenah used to fast on the 10th day of
Muharram. They said that it was the day on which Prophet Moosa (Moses), may Allah exalt his mention, and
his followers crossed the Red Sea miraculously and Pharaoh was drowned in its waters. On hearing this from

the Jews, the Prophet said, "We are worthier of Moosa than you," and he urged the Muslims to fast on the
day of ‘Aashooraa’. [Abu Daawood]
It is also reported in a number of authentic narrations that in the beginning, fasting on the day of 'Aashooraa'
was obligatory for the Muslims. It was later that the fast of the month of Ramadan was made obligatory and the
fast on the day of 'Aashooraa' was made optional. 'Aa’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: "When the

Prophet came to Madeenah, he fasted on the day of 'Aashooraa' and urged the people to do likewise. But
when the fast of the month of Ramadan was made obligatory, the obligation of fasting was confined to
Ramadan and the obligatory nature of the fast of 'Aashooraa' was abandoned. So, whoever wishes to fast on the
day of 'Aashooraa', he may do so, and whoever chooses not to fast, then he may also do so." [Abu Daawood]
However, the Prophet, used to fast on the day of 'Aashooraa' even after the fasting of the month of Ramadan

was made obligatory. Abdullaah Ibn Moosa, may Allah be pleased with him, reports that the Prophet
preferred the fast of 'Aashooraa' ov

Ladies and gentlemen, that all my speech. I am sorry if there are some mistakes.
Happy Islamic New Year. Takbir! Allah is the great. Allahu akbar.
Wassalamualaikum wr.wb