Islamic Months

THE BLESSED ISLAMIC MONTHS

Dates to Remember:

1st Islamic New Year begins

5th Urs Hazrat Baba Fariuddin

Ganj-e-Shakar (Pak Patan, Pakistan)

10th Shahadat Hazrat Imam Hussain

(Karbala)

10th The 10th day of Ashurah

14th Urs Huzur Mufti-e-Azam Hind

Mustafa Raza Khan (Bareilly Sharif)

18th WisaalHazrat Zainul Abideen

(Madinah)

28th Hazrat Shah Wali-ullah Mohaddis

Dehlavi

28th Urs Makhdum Sayyed Ashraf

Jahangi Simnani Kicchauccha)

Radiallah anhum ajmaeen

Significant Events on 10th Muharram (Ashurah)

1) Repentance of Hazrat Adam (Alaihis Salam) was accepted by Allah.

2) Hazrat Nuh (Alaihis Salam) and his followers were saved from the

floods.

3 (a) Hazrat Ibrahim (Alaihis Salam) was born.

(b) He received the title of Khalil-Ullah (Friend of Allah).

Namrud (Nimrod) became cool and a means of safety for him.

4) Allah removed Hyazrat Ayuub (Alaihis Salam) from distress and he

was restored to properity.

5) Hazrat Imam Hussain Radi Allahu Ta'ala Ahnhu) was matyred in the

battlefied of Karbala in Iraq.

6) Allah created the heavens and the Earth.

7) On this very day the Day of Jusdgement shall be established.

MUHARRAM

SAFAR

Dates to Remember:

18th Urs Daata Ganj Bakhsh Ali Hajweri (Lahore, Pakistan)

25th Urs A'la Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan (Bareilly Sharif, India)

26th Urs Sayyed Hasan Jilani (Baghdad)

27th Wisaal Hazrat salhuddeen Ayyubi (Damascus)

27th The Holy Prophet Sallalhu Alaihe Wassallam migration to Madinah (622AD)

RABBI-UL AWWAL

Significant Events in Rabi-Ul Awwal

1) The Holy Prohet Muhmmad (SallAllahu Alayhi Wasallam)

was born on the 12th of this month.

2) The Holy prophet Muhmmad (SallAllahu Alayhi Wasallam) came

to Madinah on the 8th of this month.

3) On the 10th of this month The Holy Prophet Muhammad

(Sallahu Alaiyhe Wassallam) married Sayyeda Khadija

(Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anha).

Dates to Remember:

1st The Holy Prophet Muhammad (SallAllahu Alayhi Wasallam), left

the cave of Thawr for Madinah

2nd Wissal Hazrat imama Hassan Askari (Baghdad)

12th Eid-e-Milad-Un-Nabi (SallAllahu Alayhi Wassallam)

13th Hazrat Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal was born

22nd Wisaal Hazrat sheikh Abdul Haq Mohaddis-e-Dehlavi (Dehli, India)

22nd Wisaal Hazrat Sayyeda Bibi Rabiya Basri (Basra)

29th Wisaal Hazrat Juwairiyah (Radiallah Anhum Ajmaeen), Wife of the

Holy prophet Muhmmad (SallAllahu Alayhi Wasallam) (Madinah)

RABBI-UL AKHIR/ RABBI-UL THANI

Dates to Remember:

3rd Wisaal Hazrat Sayyeda Umme-Salma

(Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anha) Wife of The Holy Prophet Muhammad

(SallAllahu Alayhi Wasallam) - (Madinah)

7th Wisaal Haazrat Imam Malik- Madina

9th Wisaal Haazrat Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal - Baghdad

9th Wisaal Ghaus al-Azam (561AH) - Baghdad

11th Giyarwee Sharif- Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani- Baghdad

Note: Giyarwee Sharif is a special remembrance made on the

11th of this month in the memory of Sheikh Abdul Qadir

Jilani (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho)

14th Wisaal Imam Muhammad Ghazzali- Baghdad

15th Urs Shah Ali Khan- Bareilly, India

15th Urs Hazrat Ahsanul Ulema Sayyad Shah Mustafa Haider Hassan

Miya- Marherah, India

16th Urs Hazrat Haji Ali- Mumbai, India

19th Urs Mehboob-e-Elahi Hazrat Khawja Nizamudeen Awliya- Dehli, India

Significant Events in Rabi-Ul Akhir

1) On the 14th Salaah (Namaz) was made compulsory

2) On the 11th The most respectable, Honourable, most learned

scholar, saint,sufi and gnostic of Islam remembered throughout the muslim world: Sayyedunah Qutub-Al-Aqtab

Ghauz al-Azam al Sheikh'abd al-Qadir al-Jilani' al-Hasani

al-Husaini (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho).

JAMADA AL-ULA

Dates to Remember:

8th Wisaal Hazrat Wasi Ahmed Mohaddis Surti- Pilibhit, (India)

11th Wisaaal Hazrat Khwaja Qamar-ud-Deen Shah- Jabalpur, (India)

16th Wisaal Hazrat Ibrahim ibn Adham, (Syria)

16th Urs Sultan al-Awliya Hazrat Shah Badeuddin Madar, (Makanpur-,

India)

17th Urs Hujjatul Islam Huzur Hamid Raza Khan, (Bareily)

29th Wisaal Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed, (Syria)

29th Urs Hazrat Sadrul Ulema Sayyed Ghulam Jilani Merthi

(Radi Allahu Anhum Ajmaeen)

Significant Events in jamada Al-Ula

1) On the 8th of this month Hazrat Ali ibn Abu Talib (Radi Allahu Anhuma) was born.

Dates to Remember:

1st Wisaal Hazrat Sultan Bahu (Pakistan)

5th Wisaal Harat Maulana Jalalludin Rumi (Konya, Turkey)

7th Urs Hazrat Shah Mahdum Ali Mahimi (Mumbai, India)

9th Urs Hazrat Qadi lyad ibn Musa al-Yahsubi (Marakesh, Morroco)

16th UrsSayyed Shah-e-Alam (Ahmeedebad, India)

22nd Wisaal Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique (Madinah)

25th Urs Hazrat Taj-ul-Ulema Sayyed Shah Awlad-e-Rassol

'Muhammad Miya' (Marherah, India)

26th Wisaal Hazrat Abdul Wahid Tamimi

( Radi Allahum Ajmaeen) (Baghdad)

Significant Events in jamada Al-Akirah

1) On the 1st of this month Hazrat Jibra'eel (Alaihis Salaam) visited the Holy Prophet Sallallahu Alaihe Wasallam).

20) On the 9th Hazrat Imam Jafer Sadiq (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho) was born.

3) On the 14th Hazrat Mujsa bin Jafer (Radi Allahu Anhum) was born.

4) On the 20th The beloved daughter of The Holy Prohet Sallallahu Alaihe Wasallam, Hazrat Fatima Zahra Radi Allahu tala Anha) was born.

5) On the 22nd Hazrat Umar ibn al-Khattab ( Radi Allahu Tala Anhu became the caliph of Islam.

8th of this month Hazrat Ali ibn Abu Talib (Radi Allahu Anhuma) was born.

JUMADA AL-AKHIRAH/JUMADA AL-THANI

RAJJAB

Dates to Remember:

4th Wisaal Hazrat Imam Shafi'ee (Cairo, Egypt)

6th Urs hazrat Khaja Garib Nawaz (Ajmer, India)

9th Wisaal Hazrat Ibrahim- son of The Holy Prophet

Muhammad SallAllahu Alayhi Wasallam

9th Hazrat Sarkar-e- kalan Sayyed Mukhtar Ashraf

(Kicchauccha Sharif, India)

10th Harat Salman Farsi (Madain, Iraq)

12th Urs A'la Hazrat 'Ashrafi Miya'(Kicchauccha Sharif, India)

13th Wisaal Hazrat Mohaddis Imam Tirmizi (Tirmiz, Uzbekistan)

15th Wisaal Hazrat Imam Jafer Sadiq (Madinah)

16th Urs Mohadis-e Azem-e Hind (Kicchauccha Sharif, India)

20th Wisaal Sayyeda Zainab-Wife of the Holy prohet Muhammad SallAllah

Alayhi Wasallam

23rd Urs Makhdum Al'a ulHaq Pandavi (Pandva, Bengal)

25th Wisaal Hazrat Imam Muslim

27th Lailutul Mer'aj- The Night of Ascention Link

27th Hazrat Shaikh Junaid Baghdadi (Baghdad)

27th Sheikh Abu Saleh Nasarb (Radi Allahu Anhum Ajmaeen) (Baghdad)

Significant Events in Rajjab

1) On the 1st of this month Hazrat Nuh (Alaihis Salaam) boarded the Ark.

2) On the 4th the Battle of Siffin took place.

3) On the 27th nigh The Holy Prophet Muhammad (SallAllahu Alayhi Wasallam) travelled from Masjid-e-Haram (Makkah) to Masjid-e-Aqsa (Jerusalam), then up through the seven heavens and to the throne of Allah (The Night of Ascension).

(Note: Islamic days begin at sunset and end at sunset the next day)

4) In this month Allah showers his blessings and opens the doors of forgiveness and He also accepts sincere supplications.

5) on the27th of this month Hazrat Umarwas victorious at Jerusalam.

SHAB'AAN

Significant Events in Sha'baan

1) On the 3rd of this month Hazrat Sayyedunah Imam Hussain (Radi Allahu Tala Anho) was born.Nuh (Alaihis Salaam) boarded the Ark.

2) On the 415th of this month is Shabe-Baraat(night of praise and blessings), when many muslims are forgiven by Allah. The Battle of Siffin took place.

3) On the16th of this month Allah ordered the direction of the Qibla to be changed from Masjide-e-Aqsa ( Jerusalam) to Masjid-eHaram (Ka'bah) as per the desire of His Beloved Holy Prophet Muhammad (SallAllahu Alayhi Wasallam).

Significant Events in Dhul Qa'idah

1) On the1st of this month Allah ordered Hazrat Musa (Alaihis Salaam) to leave his followers for a period of 30 days, which was extended to 40 days, so that he could receive the holy book- The Torah.

2) On the 5th Hazrat Ibrahim (Alaihis salam) and his son Hazrat Ismaill (Alaihis salam) started to rebuild the Ka'bah.

3) On the14th of this month Allah ordered the Whale, that swallowed Hazrat Yunus (Alahis salam), to release him from it's stomach.

RAMADAN-AL-MUBARAK

Dates to Remember:

1st Birth of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani (Baghdad)

3rd Wisaal Khatoon-e-Jannat Fatima Zahra (Madina)

9th Wisaal Hazrata Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud (Madina)

10th Wisaal Ummul Mu'mineen Khadija-tul-Kubr (makkah Mukarramah)

14th Wisaal Hazrat Bayazeed Bustami (Baghdad)

17th Wisaal Sayyeda Aisha Siddiqah (Madina)

17th The Battle of Badr

18th Urs Rehan Raza Khan (Bareilly)

21st Hazrat Ali martyred (shaheed) (Najaf Ahraf, Iraq)

26th Hazrat Usman ibn Affan was born

29th Wisaal Amr-ibn-e-Aas (Madina)

30th Urs Sheikh Jamaal-ul-Awliya (Radi Allahu Ajmaeen) (Rampur, India)

Significant Events in Ramadan-Al-Mubarak

1) On the 1st of Ramadan the doors of paradise are opened and the doors of Hell are closed. Also the Large devils (shaytan) are shackled in chains until the end of the month.

2) On the 3rd of this month a holy book (Shifa) was revealed upon Hazrat Ibrahim (Alaihis Salaam) .

3) On the 6th The Torah was revealed upon Hazrat Musa (Alaihis Salaam).

4) On the 11th the Nikah ceremony of The Holy Prophet Muhammad (SallAllahu Alayhi Wasallam) with Sayyedah Hafsah (Radi Allahu tala Anha).

5) On the 13th The Injeel (Bible) was reveled to Hazrat Isa (Alaihis Salaam).

6) On the 15th Imam Hasan (Radi Allahu tala Anho) was born.

7) On the 17th of this month the Battle of Badr took place in which, angels were sent down th help The Holy Prophet Muhammad (SallAllahu Alayhi Wasallam).

8) On the 18th of Ramadan The Zaboor was revealed to Hazrat Dawood (Alaihis Salaam) .

9) On the 20th of Ramadan, The Holy Prophet Muhammad (SallAllahu Alayhi Wasallam) was victorious at Makkah (Mecca).

10) On the 20th of Ramadan the holy city of Makkah was conquered by the muslims.

11) On the 27th of Ramadan The revelation began on The Beloved Pophet (SallAllahu Alayhi Wasallam).

12) On the last dayof Ramadan Allah frees the same number of people from Hell as he has released at the beginning of Ramadan.

Significant Events in Sawwal

1) On the 3rd of this month is Eid-ulFitr, which is celebrated to mark the end of Ramadan. On this day:

Allah showers His blessings upon His servants
Allah inspird bees to make honey
Allah created paradise
Allah called Hazrat Jibrael Alaihis Salamto take his revelations to his Messangers.
The magicians of pharoes (Firaun) repented for their sins Hazrat Sayyedunah Imam Hussain (Radi Allahu Tala Anho) was born. Nuh (Alaihis Salaam) boarded the Ark.

2) On the 1st, Niakah ceremony of The Holy Prophet Muhammad (allallahu Alaihe Wassallam) with Khadija-tul-Kubrah (Radi Allahu Ta'la Anha) took place.

3) On the 4th the Nikah ceremony of The Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihe Wassallam) with Bibi Ayesh Siddiqah (Radi Allahu Tala Anha) took place.

4) On the 7th battle of Hunain took place.

5) On the 13th Imam Bukhari (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anho) was born (194AH).

6) On the 14th Hazrat Mujaddid-eAlf-eThani (Radi Allahu Ta'la Anho) was born.

7) On the 15th battle of Khandaq (5AH) took place.

8) On the 15th of Shawwal the Battle of Uhud took place in which Amir Hamza (Radia Allahu Ta'la Anho), the Uncle of the Messesnger (SallAllahu Alayhi Wasallam) was Martyred (2AH).

9) From the 25th to the end of the Month, the foo

followers of Hazrat Aad (Alaihis Salam) were subjected to wrath and punishment of Allah.

10) On the 27th, the Niah ceremony of The Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihe Wassallam) with Umm-e-Salama (Radi Allahu Ta'la Anha) took place.

Dates to Remember:

1st Eid-ul-Fitr

1st Wisall Hazrat Imam Bukhari (khartank, Uzbehistan)

5th Wisaal Hazrat Sayyeda Sawdah, Wife of The Holy Prophet

Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihe Wassallam) (Madina)

6th Urs Khwaja Usmani Harooni (Makkah)

7th Wisaal Abdul aziz Moddis Dehlavi (Delhi)

10th Birth of A'la Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan (Bareily)

15th Hazrat Ameer Hamza Martyred (shaheed) (madina)

16th Wisaal Hazrat Imam Abu Da'ud

20th Wisaal Sayyeda Rukayya, daughter of The Holy Prophet

Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihe Wassallam)

20th Wisaal Sayyed Muhammad Noorani Bawa (Petlad, India)

23rd Hazrat Sayyed Ali Jilani (Radi Allahu Ajmaeen) (Baghdad)

SHAWWAL

DHUL QA'IDAH

Dates to Remember:

5th Urs Hazrat Makhdum Shah (Badayun, India)

11th Wisaal Hazrat Aurangzeb Alamgir (Kuldabad, India)

14th Hazrat Imam Sayyed Muhammad baqir martyred (shaheed),

(madina)

26th Khwaja Abdul-Hasan Khirkhani (Khirkan)

29th Wisaal Hazrat Moulana Naqi Ali Khan (Radi Allahu Ajmaeen)

(Bareily, India)

DHUL HIJJAH

Dates to Remember:

1st Urs Qutb-e-e Madinah Hazrat Zia'udeen Madani Radawi

(Madina)

6th Hazrat Khwaja Habib Ali Shah

7th Urs Hazrat Abdur-Razzzaq Noor-ul Ayn (Kicchauccha, India)

9th Day of Hajj

10th Eid-ul-Adha

11th Hazrat Imam Uthman Gani martyred (shaheed)

18th Urs Sheikh Baha'udeen Radawi (Dakkan, India)

18th Urs Sayyedi A'le Rasool Ahmedi Marehravi (Marherah)

18th Urs Allama Sadrul Fa'azil Sayyed Na'imuddin Moradabadi

(Moradbad)

22nd Urs Allama Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddique (Madina)

26th Hazrat Imam Umar Farooq martyred (shaheed) (Madina)

27th Wisaal Hazrat Abu Bakr Shibli (Baghdad)

14th Hazrat Imam Sayyed Muhammad baqir martyred (shaheed),

(madina)

26th Khwaja Abdul-Hasan Khirkhani (Khirkan)

29th Wisaal Hazrat Moulana Naqi Ali Khan (Radi Allahu Ajmaeen)

(Bareily, India)

Significant Events in Dhul Hijjah

1) On the1st of this month Hazrat Fatima Zahrah (Radi Allahu ta'la Anho) married hazrat Ali (Radi Allahu ta'la Anho).

2) On the 8th Hazrat Ibrahim (Alaihis salam) saw a dream in which he was ordered to sacrifice his son, Hazrat Ismaill (Alaihis salam). The following morning he pondered and wether this message was from Allah or Shaitan (The Devil).

3) The 9th of Dhul Hijjah is known as the 'Day of Arafah' because Hazrat Ibrahim (Alaihis salam) saw the same dream on this nigh confirming it waas indeed a direct order from Allah.

4) On the10th of this month, Hazrat Ibrahim (Alaihis salam) showed that he was willing to sacrifice his only son for Allah's sake. When Hazrat Ibrahim (Alaihis salam) was about to cut Hazrat Ismail's (Alaihis salam) throat, Allah ordered Hazat Jibrail' (Alaihis salam) to remove Hazrat Ismail (Alaihis salam) and place a ram from paradise beneath the knife.Hence the ram was sacrificed. It is for this reason that the tradition of sacrificing an animal on this day continues.

5) On the 14th the foundations of Masjid-e-Quba were laid by The Holy Prophet (Sallahu Alaihe Wassallam)

6) On the 28th of this month, Hazrat Ali (Radi Allahu Ta'la Anho) became the fourth caliph of Islam after the demise of Hazrat Uthman-e-Gani (Radi Allahu Ta'la Anho).