![]() ![]() When Prophet Muhammad ﷺ arrived in Madinah after the Hijra, he observed that the Jews living there fasted on the 10th Muharram and he asked them why they fasted on this day. This day commemorates the time when Allah saved Musa (PUH) and Bani Israel from persecution by Firawn and his army. ‘Ashura’, one of the most important events in the Islamic calendar, also takes place on the 10th day of this month. This month came about to prevent the Arabs from fighting. Muharram:This is the first month in the Hijri calendar and it means ‘forbidden’. Some of the months also reference different seasons or significant events that took place in history:ġ. Each month in the Hijri calendar symbolizes a particular meaning. If the crescent is not spotted, then the new month starts after the thirtieth day. This is determined by observing the moon if the new crescent moon is spotted on the twenty-ninth day, then the new month begins on the next day. The Hijri calendar is made up of 12 months: Muharram, Safar, Rabi al-awwal, Rabi al-thani, Jumada al-awwal, Jumada al-thani, Rajab, Sha’ban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhul Qidah, Dhul Hijjah.Įvery month in the Hijri calendar is either 29 or 30 days. God did not create all these without a true purpose He explains His signs to those who understand.” The Islamic Months “It is He who made the sun a shining radiance and the moon a light, determining phases for it so that you might know the number of years and how to calculate time. ![]() These cycles are described by Allah in the Qur’an: This is because each lunar cycle usually lasts 29 days as opposed to 30 or 31 days in the solar cycle (movement of the sun) which is the cycle the Gregorian calendar follows. It has 12 months but unlike the Gregorian calendar, has only 354-355 days. That means that the placement of each month will differ from year to year. The Islamic calendar follows the movements of the moon, making it a lunar calendar. In Latin, AH denotes ‘Anno Hegirae’ which means ‘the year of the Hijra’. The year 2022 corresponds to the Islamic year 1444AH and AH stands for ‘After Hijra’. It was in Medina that the Prophet ﷺ and his companions established the first Islamic community or ‘ummah’ and so the Islamic calendar began on this occasion to mark the beginning of the foundations of Islam. The Islamic calendar is more commonly known as the ‘Hijri’ Calendar because it began with Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ Hijra or ‘migration’ from Mecca to Medina in 622AD due to persecution by Quraysh. It is so informative that we thought we needed to share it with our readers so that they could get insights into an important topic for Muslims to know about. ![]() Recently, we bumped into the following article which discusses in detail the Islamic calendar. What are the 12 Months of the Hijri Calendar? Ramadan, being the 9th month in the Islamic month is the holiest month for Muslims the world over. It has 12 months in a year as does the Georgian or Western calendar. Well, let us try to find answers to these and many other questions related to the Hijri calendar in the following lines.Įvery month the Hijri calendar has either 29 or 30 days. But, do we know enough about it, its history, how and why it was started, and what its months represent? We fast, we give Zakat and we celebrate our special days by following specific dates on the Islamic calendar. Islamic or Hijri calendar plays an important role in the lives of Muslims. This, unfortunately, demonstrate how serious we are about our religion. The non-Muslim asked him again, “what is the date today according to the Islamic or Hijri calendar?” Of course, as you might have expected the child did not have the answer to this question.įrankly speaking, most of us do not know the answer either. The child immediately replied that he wanted to become a scholar of Islam. You might have heard a famous story about a child who was asked by a non-Muslim scholar what he would like to become once he grows older. ![]()
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