Rajab Is the Month to Sow the Seeds, Sha’ban to Irrigate and Ramadan to Reap the Harvest

Question

Can you mention the reference and Arabic for this?

“Rajab is the month to sow the seeds. Sha’ban is the month to irrigate the crop and Ramadan is the month to reap the harvest.”

 

Answer

‘Allamah Ibn Rajab Al Hambali (rahimahullah) has cited this as the statement of Imam Abu Bakr Al Warraq Al Balkhi (rahimahullah).

(Lataiful Ma’arif, pg. 218, Al Maktabul Islami edition)

Arabic text

شهر رجب شهر الزرع و شهر شعبان شهر السقي للزرع و شهر رمضان شهر حصاد الزرع

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

Checked by: Mawlana Haroon Abasoomar

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التخريج من المصادر العربية

لطائف المعارف: (ص: ٢١٨، ط: المكتب الإسلامي)
شهر رجب مفتاح أشهر الخير والبركة قال أبو بكر الوراق البلخي: شهر رجب شهر للزرع وشعبان شهر السقي للزرع ورمضان شهر حصاد الزرع.