[custom_adv] Muḥarram is the first month of the calendar. The general meaning of the adjective muharram means "banned, barred, forbidden, illegal, illicit, impermissible, prohibited, unlawful, unpermitted, unauthorized". [custom_adv] It is one of the four sacred months of the year during which warfare is forbidden. It is held to be the second holiest month, after Ramaḍān. [custom_adv] [custom_adv] [custom_adv] [custom_adv]