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What is meant by the "Joy of Zahra"? And is it true that the month of Safar is inauspicious?

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The "Joy of Zahra" among some sects means the alleged assumption of leadership by a certain individual, which makes Fatimah al-Zahra happy. This has no historical basis. As for the pessimism associated with the month of Safar, it is a pre-Islamic custom that Islam has abolished.

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