The purpose of that tradition was to enable pilgrims, merchants, and others to go to markets or places of worship and return home safely.
[1] This continued until the Arabs began to use the Nasee in their calendar, which led to the absence of sacred months in some years.
This was mentioned in the Quran in the form of denial and prohibition: "Indeed, the postponing [of restriction within sacred months] is an increase in disbelief by which those who have disbelieved are led [further] astray.
[citation needed] Islamic traditions magnify these months and forbid Muslims from violating them.
[citation needed] The Islamic prophet Muhammad said of these months in his Hadith: "The time has turned its form on the day God created the heavens and the earth, the twelve months, including four sanctuaries; three of them sequential: Dhul Qa'dah, Dhu al-Hijjah and Muharram, as well as Rajab Mudar, between Jumada and Sha'baan.