قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَلا أُقْسِمُ بِمَواقِعِ النُّجُومِ قَالَ كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَحْلِفُونَ بِهَا فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَلا أُقْسِمُ بِمَواقِعِ النُّجُومِ قَالَ عَظُمَ أَمْرُ مَنْ يَحْلِفُ بِهَا قَالَ وَ كَانَتِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةُ يُعَظِّمُونَ الْمُحَرَّمَ وَ لَا يُقْسِمُونَ بِهِ وَ لَا بِشَهْرِ رَجَبٍ وَ لَا يَعْرِضُونَ فِيهِمَا لِمَنْ كَانَ فِيهِمَا ذَاهِباً أَوْ جَائِياً وَ إِنْ كَانَ قَدْ قَتَلَ أَبَاهُ وَ لَا لِشَيْءٍ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْحَرَمِ دَابَّةً أَوْ شَاةً أَوْ بَعِيراً أَوْ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِنَبِيِّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) لا أُقْسِمُ بِهذَا الْبَلَدِ وَ أَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهذَا الْبَلَدِ قَالَ فَبَلَغَ مِنْ جَهْلِهِمْ أَنَّهُمُ اسْتَحَلُّوا قَتْلَ النَّبِيِّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ عَظَّمُوا أَيَّامَ الشَّهْرِ حَيْثُ يُقْسِمُونَ بِهِ فَيَفُونَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Haroun Bin Muslim, from Mas’ada Bin Sadaqa who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said regarding the Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:56#h75"><a href="/books/quran:56#h75">[56:75]</a></a> So do not swear by the places of the stars </span>said: ‘It was the people of ignorance who used to swear by it. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic has Said <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:56#h75"><a href="/books/quran:56#h75">[56:75]</a></a> So do not swear by the places of the stars</span>. It is a grievous matter the one who swears by it. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The (people of the) pre-Islamic period used to revere the Sanctuary and were not swearing by it, nor by the month of Rajab, nor were they violating to the one who was in these two, going or coming, even if his father had been killed, nor for anything would they expel from the Sanctuary any stray animal, or sheep, or camel, or other than that. So Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Said to His<sup>azwj</sup> Prophet<sup>saww</sup> <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:90#h1"><a href="/books/quran:90#h1">[90:1]</a></a> Indeed! I swear by this city <a href="/#/books/quran:90#h2"><a href="/books/quran:90#h2">[90:2]</a></a> And you are a dweller of this city</span>’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So it reached (to such an extent) from their ignorance, that they permitted the killing of the Prophet<sup>saww</sup>, whilst revering the days of the month where they were swearing by it, so they would fulfil it (the vows)’.
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