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Lunar Calendar Events

7. Rajab
8. Shobaan
9. Ramadan
10. Shawwaal
11. Zhul Qa'dah
12. Zhul Hijjah

1^st - Begining of Hijri Year
1^st- The supplication of Prophet Zakariyyah ('a) accepted.
1^st- Battle of Dhatal Ruqqa' and the revelation of the verse of Salaatul Khawf in 6 AH
2^nd-Imam Hussain ibn Ali ('a) reaches Karbala
3^rd- Umar al-Sa'ad arrives in Karbala
4^th- Prophet Musa ('a) crossed The River Nile and Pharaoh and his army drowned
6^th-30,000 of Yazid's army arrive in Karbala
7^th-Access to Euphrates River was blocked by the enemy
9^th-Eve of Ashurra
10th- Day of Ashurra
11^th- The Prophet's ('s) grand-daughters Zaynab and Umm Khultoum ('a) and his grandsons ('a), Imam Ali Zayn Al-Abidin ('a) and Imam Muhammad Al-Baqir ('a) and other members of the Holy Prophet's ('s) Ahlul Bait were shackled, taken prisoner, taken to Kufa and then to Damascus. (Ash Shams)
11^th- Death of Adam Safiyyullah ('a)
12^th- Ziyarat Shuhada Karbala and the arrival in Kufa of the Ahlul Bait ('a)
17^th- Changing of Qibla from Bait ul Muqaddas to the Kaa’ba in Makkah, 2 AH (according to another source 16^th Muharram)
17^th- Abraha and his army advanced on The Ka'aba to destroy it but instead were punished by Allah (s)
20^th- 10^th of Shuhada Karbala
25^th- Martyrdom Al-Imam Ali Zayn Al-Abidin ('a)
30^th- 20^th of Shuhada Karbala

Safar

7^th- Martyrdom Imam Al-Hassan al-Mujtaba ('a) (according to another source 28^th Safar)
7^th-Birth Imam Jafar As-Sadiq ('a)
8^th- Death Salman Al Farsy
10^th- 30^th of Shuhada Karbala
17^th- Martyrdom Imam Ali Al-Rida ('a) (according to another source 29^th Safar)
19^th- Abraha and his army advanced on The Ka'aba to destroy it but instead were visited by punishment of Allah ('s)
20^th- Arba’ain Imam Al-Hussain Al-Shuhadat ('a)
25^th- Death Lady Maryam bint Imran ('a)
26^th- Martyrdom Sons of Muslim ('a) (disputed date)
28^th- Martyrdom Prophet Muhammad ('s) (disputed date)
28^th- Martyrdom Imam Al-Hassan al-Mujtaba ('a) (according to another source 7^th Safar)
29^th- Martyrdom Imam Ali Al-Rida ('a) (disputed date)

Rabi ul Awal

1^st- Prophet's migration from Makka to Medina
8^th- Martyrdom Imam Hassan Al-Askari b. Ali ('a)
8^th- Beginning of Al-Ghayba al Soghra
9^th- Eid Al- Zahra ('a) (disputed date)
10^th-The Holy Prophet ('s) marriage to Lady Khadija ('a)
17^th- Birth Prophet Muhammad ('s) and Birth Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq ('a)

Rabi ul Thaany

8^th- Birth Imam Hassan Al-Askari ('a)

Jumaada ul Awal

5^th- Birth Lady Zaynab b. Ali ('a)

Jumaada ul Thaany

3^rd- Martyrdom of Lady Fatimah Al-Zahra ('a)
10^th- Martyrdom of Jafar Tayyar
16^th- Battle of Jamal
20^th- Eid Al- Zahra ('a) (disputed date)

Rajab (Sacred Month)

1^st- Birth Imam Muhammad Al-Baqir ('a)
3^rd- Martyrdom Imam Ali Al-Hadi ('a)
10^th- Birth Imam Muhammad Al-Jawad ('a)
13^th- Birth Amirul Momineen Ali b. Abu Thalib ('a)
15^th- Death of Sayyeda Zaynab ('a)
15^th-Ayyaam ul Bayz / Shab e Baraat - The Bright Days
24^th- Conquest of Khaybar
25^th- Martyrdom Imam Musa Al-Kazim ('a)
26^th- Night of Me'raj
28^th- Imam Hussain b. Ali ('a) left Medina for Karbala

Shobaan ( Sacred Month )

3^rd- Birth Imam Al-Hussain b. Ali ('a)
4^th- Birth Abbas b. Ali ('a)
5^th- Birth Al-Imam Ali Zayn Al-Abidin ('a)
6^th- Birth Lady Zaynab bint Ali ('a)
7^th- Birth Qasim b. Hassan ('a)
11^th-Birth Ali b. Hussain ('a) (son of Layla)
15^th- Birth Imam Al-Hujjah (Mahdi) ('a)
15^th-Ayyaam ul Bayz / Shab e Baraat - The Bright Days
28^th& 29^th- Last days of Shobaan fast prior to Ramadhan

Ramadhan ( Sacred Month )

1^st- Beginning of Ramadhan fast
7^th- Death Abu Talib
10^th- Death of Umm Al Mo'menin Khadija ('a)
15^th- Birth Imam Al-Hassan al-Mujtaba ('a)
15^th-Ayyaam ul Bayz / Shab e Baraat - The Bright Days
17^th-The Battle of Badr
21^st-Martyrdom Amirul Momineen Imam Ali ('a)
21^st- Nights of Laylat ul-Qadr - 19^th, 21^st and 23^rd
22^nd-Demise of Prophet Musa ('a)
25^th-Battle of Hunain
28^th-Jumatul Wida to farewell Ramadhan.

Shawwaal

1^st- Eid Al-Fitr
4^th- Beginning of Ghaybeh Al-Kubra – the living Imam ('a) became invisible.
14^th- Splitting of the moon for the Holy Prophet ('s)
15^th- Battle of Uhud -Martyrdom of Hamza (ra)
25^th- Martyrdom Al Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq ('a)

Zhul Qa’dah

5^th- Construction of the Ka’aba
11^th- Birth Imam Ali Al-Rida ('a)
25^th- Birth Ibrahim b. Muhammad
25^th- Birth Prophet Isa ('a)
25^th- Eid Dahwal - Dahwul Ardh (The Spread of the Earth Day)
29^th- Martyrdom Imam Muhammad Al-Jawad ('a)

Zhul Hijjah (Sacred Month)

1^st- The Marriage of Amirul Momineen Ali ('a) and Lady Fatimah bint Muhammad ('a)
1^st- Birth Prophet Ibrahim ('a)
7^th- Martyrdom Imam Muhammad Al-Baqir ('a)
9^th- Day of Arafa
9^th- Martyrdom Muslim Ibn Aqil ('a)
10^th- Eid Al Adha
15^th- Birth Imam Ali Al-Hadi ('a)
18^th- Eid Al-Ghadeer
24^th- Eid Al-Mubahila

Editor's Note:
Victory News Magazine takes no responsibility for any inaccuracies in the calendar. Omissions from the calendar are neither deliberate or ill-intentioned. Please contact the Calendar Maintainer for important additions citing the source of the information.