Islamic New Year: Al Hijri date, history, significance

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Islamic New Year: Al Hijri date, history, significance

  • Safar, Rabi-al-Thani, Jumada al-Awwal, Jumada ath-Thaniyah, Rajab, Shaban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Zu al-Qadah, and Zu al-Hijjah are the following months of the Islamic lunar calendar after Muharram.


Muharram is the first month of the lunar calendar that Islam uses and is regarded as the most sacred month in Islam after Ramadan or Ramzan.


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The Islamic calendar has around 354 days split into 12 months, as opposed to the Gregorian calendar's 365 days. The first day of Muharram is observed as the Islamic New Year, also known as Al Hijri or the.



Because the Prophet Muhammad moved from Mecca to Medina during this auspicious month, January. The grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, Hussain Ibn Ali, was killed in Karbala, and Muslims commemorate his death on the tenth day of the month, known as Ashura.


According to the crescent moon sighting, Dhul-Hijjah 1443 AH will end on Friday, July 29, 2022, and Muharram 1444 will begin on Saturday, July 30, 2022, in Saudi Arabia, Oman, and other Gulf nations or those that follow KSA's moon sighting.

NEWS || Observatories in Saudi Arabia were unable to view the crescent indicating the beginning of the new Islamic year (1444).

As a result, the month of Dhul-Hijjah will end tomorrow, on Friday, and the month of Muharram will begin on Saturday. 


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The Holy Month of Muharram's crescent moon will be seen this evening, or Friday, the 29th of Dhul Hijjah 1443 AH, after the maghrib prayers, which corresponds to July 30, 2022, in India, Pakistan.



Bangladesh, the UK, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Morocco are other examples. On July 30, 2022, if the crescent is visible, these countries will mark the first day of Muharram.


In India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the United Kingdom (UK), Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Morocco, the month of Muharram or the Islamic New Year 1444 AH will begin on Sunday, July 31, 2022, if the moon sighting committees declare that the crescent moon has not been sighted today. If this is the case, July 30 will be counted as the 30th day of Dhul Hijjah 1443.

Background and importance:



Because the name "Muharram" means "not permitted" or "barred," Muslims are forbidden from engaging in certain activities, such as fighting, and instead spend this time for prayer and introspection.



Fasting on this day is regarded as a "sunnah" because, according to Sunni tradition, Prophet Muhammad kept a roza on this day after Prophet Moses or Aaron.



Shia Muslims, on the other hand, abstain from participating in and celebrating any joyful occasions during this time and maintain a fast on the tenth day of Muharram to remember the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the son of Hazrat Ali, in Karbala.


Allah delivered the Children of Israel from Pharaoh in the month of Muharram. Prophet Musa fasted on this day, the tenth of Muharram, as an act of appreciation to Allah.

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 Prophet Muhammad learned from the Jews that they fasted on this day in accordance with the practises of Prophet Musa when he travelled from Mecca to Medina in the month of Muharram in 622 CE.


Prophet Muhammad opted to maintain a two-day fast, one on the day of Ashura and the other the day before, which is the ninth and tenth day of Muharram, in order to encourage his people to express the same thankfulness to Allah. These are Sunni Muslims' traditional practises.


Muslims lament Ashura, or the tenth day of the month, in honour of Hussain Ibn Ali, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, who was martyred in Karbala. In order to mark public mourning and remember the suffering inflicted upon their great leader.


And his family, members of the Shia community wear black clothing, abstain from sexual activity, fast, and participate in processions on the day of Ashura, when Imam Hussain is believed to have been beheaded in the Battle of Karbala.null

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