The Islamic Calendar

The Islamic calendar is based on the year prophet


Muhammad ()

and his fellow
Muslims (known as Sahabah, the Companions) emigrated to


Madinah in the year 622 C.E. (Christian Era). The emigration took

place after thirteen years of persecutions by the disbelievers
of

Makkah. By the command of God, the Prophet left
the city with his

companion Abu Bakr Siddique (R.A.)
and escaped a death threat by the

disbelievers. The
event marks the beginning of a second phase of the


Islamic movement. It is the phase when Madinah became the center of an

Islamic state.

The Islamic calendar is lunar. Each
month must

begin with the evening when the new moon is
sightable by the unaided

naked eye. Muslims are
obligated to sight the crescent in every

country.
Different countries may begin the year at different days


based on their own sightings. The calendar is called


Hijri
calendar. The
Arabic word

Hijrah means emigration.

In North America,
major Muslim organizations are

working together to
produce an Islamic calendar using the scientific

data.

The calendar
publishers are requested to

include major
Muslim holidays in their calendars.



The
Islamic Months



The
names of the twelve Islamic months are as follows:

1. Muharram
   
2. Safar
   
3. Rabiul-Awwal
   
4. Rabi-uthani
   
5. Jumadi-ul-Awwal
   
6. Jumadi-uthani
   
7. Rajab
   
8. Sha'ban
   
9. Ramadan
   
10. Shawwal
    
11. Dhil-Q'ada
    
12. Dhil-Hijja
    

To learn more about the Islamic calendar, check out:

• 
  
  [ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط]
  [Contains a list of
  
  Islamic Holidays]
  
• [ندعوك للتسجيل في المنتدى أو التعريف بنفسك لمعاينة هذا الرابط]
  
  
  Islamic calendars, Prayer Times,...