SHAFAQNA-
O the Possessor of Kindness and Munificence,
يَا ذَا الْمَنِّ وَ الطَّوْلِ ،
O the possessor of Favours and Power,
حَرِّمْ شَيْبَتِي عَلَى النَّارِ
Bar my grey hair from the fire of hell’.”
- 1. Rajab is one of the four months of sanctity during which the Arabs would not fight. The other three months are Muḥarram, Safar and Dhū al-Ḥijja. This pre-Islamic custom was accommodated within Islam with some modifications.