Back to search
The question

Why does a week consist of seven days, even though Allah created everything in six days?

Share this answer

Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
The answer

The exact beginning of the seven-day division of the week, and whether it predates or postdates the creation of the heavens and the earth, cannot be definitively ascertained due to the absence of explicit evidence. However, the division of the week into seven days is linked to religious command. Furthermore, nations that did not possess divine scriptures did not have names for the days of the week in their languages; rather, the week became known through oral tradition and the accounts of prophets. The idea of dividing the month into weeks is attributed to the Babylonians, but the current organization of weeks emerged after them. The week, "Shavu'a," is mentioned in the Torah.

Summary from Ftawy's records · added here

Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.

Read the full answer on Ftawy
Where this answer came from
Source platform
Ftawy
Original fatwa ID
28762
Added here
. This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
Text
Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full ruling
Read the full answer on Ftawy