Motif
prohibition of sacred-calendar manipulation
prohibition_of_sacred_calendar_manipulation
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family Calendar Rules and Sacred Units. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Koran (Al-Qur'an) OF CERTAIN NEGATIVE PRECEPTS IN THE KORN. / SECTION VI. / OF THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE KORAN IN CIVIL AFFAIRS. / SECTION VII.; lines 7053-7133 confidence: high
Some Arabs, weary of remaining quiet during sacred months, transferred observance of al Moharram to Safar so they could continue plundering incursions while sanctifying another month in its place.
The passage describes a practice of shifting observance from a sacred month to a profane month and says it is condemned as an impious innovation.
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