During this month, the houses used to be empty and deserted because the ban on going to war in the month of Muharram came to an end and everyone proceeded towards the battlefield.
Ngesikhathi sasemandulo ezweni lamaArabhu kulenyanga, imizi yayivame ukukhala ibhungane ishiywe ingenabani futhi ingahlalimuntu, ngoba isivumelwano sokunqatshelwa kokulwa ngenyanga ka-Muharram sabe sesiphelile njengoba sekuqala lenyanga ka-Safar okuyinyanga yesibili, bonke abantu babe sebephikelele empini njengoba kwabe kungavumelekile ukulwa ngenyanga kaMuharram.