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Mawlid (Arabic: مولد) also known as Eid-e-Milad an-Nabi (Arabic: عید ميلاد النبي, romanized: ʿīd mīlad an-nabī, lit. 'feast of the birth of the prophet') is an annual festival commemorating the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad on the traditional date of 12 Rabi' al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar.
This is considered the National Day of Egypt. [1] [4] October 6 Armed Forces Day: عيد القوات المسلحة Celebrates Egypt's military forces. The date is based on Egypt and Syria's invasion of Israel in the Yom Kippur War, which eventually led to the return of the Sinai Peninsula from Israeli occupation back to Egyptian sovereignty.
15 Rabi' al-Awwal November 12, 2019 Shia day of Remembrance: First mosque (Quba Mosque) was established, 1 A.H: 17 Rabi' al-awwal November 14, 2019 Mawlid: Shia sect date. Sunnis celebrate on 12th. Public holiday in Iran 17 Rabi' al-awwal November 14, 2019 Shia day of Celebration: Birth of Imam Jafar-as-Sadiq, 83 A.H. 18 Rabi' al-awwal November ...
Islamic calendar stamp issued at King Khalid International Airport on 10 Rajab 1428 AH (24 July 2007 CE). The Hijri calendar (Arabic: ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, romanized: al-taqwīm al-hijrī), or Arabic calendar, also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days.
'The initial Rabi', also known as Rabi' al-Ula (Arabic: رَبِيع ٱلْأُولَىٰ, romanized: Rabī‘ al-ʾŪlā, lit. 'The first Rabi'), or Rabi' I) is the third month of the Islamic calendar. The name Rabī‘ al-awwal means "the first month or beginning of spring", referring to its position in the pre-Islamic Arabian calendar.
Twelver Shia Muslims believe the Islamic new year is the first of Rabi' al-Awwal rather than Muharram, due to it being the month in which the Hijrah took place. [6] This has led to difference regarding description of the years in which some events took place, such as the Muharram-occurring battle of Karbala , which Shias say took place in 60 AH ...
Mawlid, Muhammad's birth date. Unlike Sunnī Muslims, who celebrate the 12th of Rabi' al-awwal as Muhammad's day of birth or death (because they assert that his birth and death both occur in this week), Shia Muslims celebrate Muhammad's birthday on the 17th of the month, which coincides with the birth date of Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq , the 6th ...
12: M: Burial of the martyrs of Karbala by Bani Asad: Aided by Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin according to mystic belief 17: R: Abraha attacked the Kaʿbah in the Year of the Elephant: 18: R: Changing of the Qibla: From Al-Aqsa to the Kaʿbah, 2 AH 20: M: 10th day after ʿĀshūrāʾ: 25: M: Martyrdom of Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, 95 AH: 30 ...