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First month of islamic calendar
First month of islamic calendar













first month of islamic calendar first month of islamic calendar

Ṣafar - صفر, "void" - supposedly named because pagan Arabs looted during this month and left the houses empty.Muḥarram - المحرّم, "forbidden" - so called because battle was set aside (haram) during this month.The twelve Hijri months are named as follows in Arabic: 11 Convert Hijri to civil date or civil to Hijri dateįour of the twelve Hijri months are considered sacred, although there is disagreement over the designated months, such as between proponents for the sequences.8 Other calendars using the Islamic era.In the Gregorian calendar 1434 AH runs from approximately 14 November 2012 (evening) to 4 November 2013 (evening). Each numbered year is designated either H for Hijra or AH for the Latin anno Hegirae (in the year of the Hijra), hence, Muslims typically call their calendar the Hijri calendar. The first year was the Islamic year beginning in AD 622 during which the emigration of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina, known as the Hijra, occurred. It is used to date events in many Muslim countries (concurrently with the Gregorian calendar), and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper days on which to observe the annual fast (see Ramadan), to attend Hajj, and to celebrate other Islamic holidays and festivals. The Islamic calendar, Muslim calendar or Hijri calendar ( AH) is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 months in a year of 354 or 355 days.















First month of islamic calendar