Safar is the second month after Muharram on the Hijri calendar. In the history of Islam, there have been many important events in the month of Safar.

Safar month falls on September 8, 2021. Some important events in the month of Safar can be evidence that refutes the myth of the month safar referred to as the month of misfortune.

Safar is interpreted as empty because in this month, arabs in ancient times went to war that caused the emptiness of the city of Mecca.

There was a myth that spread to many people that the month of Safar is an unlucky month. But it can't be justified because there's no good time or. In a hadith, the Prophet said, "There is no plague and no evil of flying animals and no misfortune of the month of Safar and flee from leprosy as you escaped from a lion."( HR. Bukhari).

The Important Events in the Month of Safar

The month of Safar is certainly a month that has many twists and turns of the journey of the early days of Islam. The month of Shafar was also the month in which the Prophet married his wife, Khadijah.

There are many important events in the history of islamic development that occurred in the month of Safar during the time of the Prophet Muhammad

1. Marriage of the Prophet to Khadijah

2. The Prophet married Sayyidah Fatimah to Ali ibn Abi Talib

3. The Prophet and his followers migrated from Mecca to Medina

4. The Al-Abwa War. This war was a war to conquer the Quraysh but failed. This war became the first war of Muslims and coincided with the month of Safat in the year 12 Hijri.

5. The Prophet sent Osama bin Zaid to the leader of the Rum Army before the Prophet died

6. Ar Raji's tragedy. Tragedy is the betrayal of the two kabilah Bani 'Afdhal and al-Qaaroh that occurred somewhere called Ar Raji'.

These are some of the most important events in the month of Safar in Islamic history. May we always be able to take wisdom from every important event in the month of Safar to strengthen our faith in Allah SWT.