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Tasu'a is the ninth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, a month in which fighting has been forbidden since before the advent of Islam. [1] [2] Tasu'a is followed by Ashura, tenth of Muharram, which marks the death of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam. [3]
1 Muharram: Death of Caliph Umar (r. 634–644) by injuries from the attack of Persian slave Abu Lu'lu'a Firuz. [28] Sunnis carry rallies on 1 Muharram to commemorate Umar. [29] 2–10 Muharram: Most mourning rituals for Karbala take place during the first ten days of Muharram, culminating on the tenth with processions in major Shia cities. [30 ...
661–750), [11] link Ashura to various auspicious events: On this day, Moses parted the Red Sea, [9] [10] Noah disembarked from the Ark, [10] God forgave Adam, Joseph was released from prison, Jesus, Abraham, and Adam were born, Muhammad was conceived, [2] and Jonah was freed from the fish that had swallowed him. [12]
Ramadan [b] (Arabic: رَمَضَان, romanized: Ramaḍān [ra.ma.dˤaːn]; [c] also spelled Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, [10] observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting , prayer , reflection, and community. [11]
16 January – The Thai cabinet approves a 1 baht per litre cut on the diesel tax, which will last until the end of April. [4] 17 January: Around 15 to 23 people are killed during an explosion at a fireworks factory in Suphan Buri. [5] [6] Activist Arnon Nampa is sentenced to four years in prison for a 2021 royal insult on social media. [7]
1.4 Public holidays falling on the same day. ... [11] [12] Unlike holidays ... Hari Raya Aidilfitri / Hari Raya Puasa 1 Syawal Nationwide Malay Awal Zulhijjah:
Iftar, a meal consumed to break fast.It is a sunnah to break fast with dates. In Islam, fasting (known as sawm, [1] Arabic: صوم; Arabic pronunciation: or siyam, Arabic: صيام; Arabic pronunciation:) is the practice of abstaining, usually from food, drink, sexual activity and anything which substitutes food and drink.
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