Sha'aban
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Sha'aban is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar
.
This is the month of ‘separation’, so called because the pagan Arabs used to disperse in search of water. On the fifteenth night of this month falls the Shab-i-Barat: ‘The Night of Records’; some people think that on this night the prophet Muhammad
told his followers that Allah
records all the deeds that the humans have to perform for the next year.
is a lunar calendar
, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon
is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Sha'aban migrates throughout the seasons. The start and end dates for Sha'aban are as follows (based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia):
Islamic calendar
The Hijri calendar , also known as the Muslim calendar or Islamic calendar , is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to date events in many Muslim countries , and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic...
.
This is the month of ‘separation’, so called because the pagan Arabs used to disperse in search of water. On the fifteenth night of this month falls the Shab-i-Barat: ‘The Night of Records’; some people think that on this night the prophet Muhammad
Muhammad
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told his followers that Allah
Allah
Allah is a word for God used in the context of Islam. In Arabic, the word means simply "God". It is used primarily by Muslims and Bahá'ís, and often, albeit not exclusively, used by Arabic-speaking Eastern Catholic Christians, Maltese Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox Christians, Mizrahi Jews and...
records all the deeds that the humans have to perform for the next year.
Timing
The Islamic calendarIslamic calendar
The Hijri calendar , also known as the Muslim calendar or Islamic calendar , is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to date events in many Muslim countries , and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic...
is a lunar calendar
Lunar calendar
A lunar calendar is a calendar that is based on cycles of the lunar phase. A common purely lunar calendar is the Islamic calendar or Hijri calendar. A feature of the Islamic calendar is that a year is always 12 months, so the months are not linked with the seasons and drift each solar year by 11 to...
, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon
New moon
In astronomical terminology, the new moon is the lunar phase that occurs when the Moon, in its monthly orbital motion around Earth, lies between Earth and the Sun, and is therefore in conjunction with the Sun as seen from Earth...
is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Sha'aban migrates throughout the seasons. The start and end dates for Sha'aban are as follows (based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia):
| CE Common Era Common Era ,abbreviated as CE, is an alternative designation for the calendar era originally introduced by Dionysius Exiguus in the 6th century, traditionally identified with Anno Domini .Dates before the year 1 CE are indicated by the usage of BCE, short for Before the Common Era Common Era... / AD Anno Domini and Before Christ are designations used to label or number years used with the Julian and Gregorian calendars.... |
AH | First day | Last day |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1426 | 5 September | 3 October |
| 2006 | 1427 | 25 August | 22 September |
| 2007 | 1428 | 14 August | 12 September |
| 2008 | 1429 | 2 August | 31 August |
| 2009 | 1430 | 23 July | 21 August |
| 2010 | 1431 | 13 July | 10 August |
| 2011 | 1432 | 2 July | 31 July |
| 2012 | 1433 | 21 June | 19 July |
| 2013 | 1434 | 10 June | 8 July |
| 2014 | 1435 | 30 May | 27 June |
| 2015 | 1436 | 19 May | 17 June |
| Sha'aban dates between 2005 and 2015 | |||
Islamic Events
- 01 Sha'aban, birth of Zaynab bint ‘AlīZaynab bint AliZaynab bint Ali was the daughter of the Rashid Caliph and first Shi'i Imam, Ali and granddaughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatimah....
- 03 Sha'aban, birth of Shī‘ah ImāmImamah (Shi'a doctrine)Imāmah is the Shia doctrine of religious, spiritual and political leadership of the Ummah. The Shīa believe that the A'immah are the true Caliphs or rightful successors of Muḥammad, and further that Imams are possessed of divine knowledge and authority as well as being part of the Ahl al-Bayt,...
, Husayn ibn ‘AlīHusayn ibn AliHussein ibn ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib was the son of ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib and Fātimah Zahrā... - 04 Sha'aban, birth of ‘Abbās ibn ‘Alī
- 05 Sha'aban, birth of Shī‘ah ImāmImamah (Shi'a doctrine)Imāmah is the Shia doctrine of religious, spiritual and political leadership of the Ummah. The Shīa believe that the A'immah are the true Caliphs or rightful successors of Muḥammad, and further that Imams are possessed of divine knowledge and authority as well as being part of the Ahl al-Bayt,...
, ‘Alī ibn Husayn - 05 Sha'aban, death of Hazrat Fizza, the hand-maiden (Qaneez) of FatimahFatimahFatimah was a daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad from his first wife Khadijah bint Khuwaylid. She is regarded by Muslims as an exemplar for men and women. She remained at her father's side through the difficulties suffered by him at the hands of the Quraysh of Mecca...
- 07 Sha'aban, birth of Qāsim ibn Hasan
- 08 Sha'aban 1484 AH, death of Khwaja Abdul Ghaffar NaqshbandiKhwaja Abdul Ghaffar NaqshbandiKhwaja Muhammad Abdul Ghaffar Naqshbandi , popular with the name Pir Mitha was a prominent Islamic scholar and Naqshbandi shaikh of Sindh, Pakistan. Born in district Multan in present-day Punjab , he migrated to Larkana, Sindh and established a dargah named Rahmatpur near Larkana city...
alias Pir Mitha - 11 Sha'aban, birth of ‘Alī al-Akbar
- 15 Sha'aban, night of prayer known as Lailat al-Baraat observed by Muslims
- 15 Sha'aban, birth of the last Twelver Imām, Muhammad al-MahdiMuhammad al-MahdiMuḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mahdī is believed by Twelver Shī‘a Muslims to be the Mahdī, an ultimate savior of humankind and the final Imām of the Twelve Imams...
- 22 Sha'aban 1314 AH, death of Khwaja Muhammad Usman DamaniKhwaja Muhammad Usman DamaniKhwaja Muhammad Usman Damani was a prominent Muslim scholar and Sufi shaykh of Naqshbandi tariqah of 19th century in South Asia .-Biography:...
, a Sufi master of NaqshbandiNaqshbandiNaqshbandi is one of the major Sufi spiritual orders of Sufi Islam. It is considered to be a "Potent" order.The Naqshbandi order is over 1,300 years old, and is active today...
tradition - 27 Sha'aban, 1313 AH: Birth of Sayyad Laal Shah HamdaniSayyad Laal Shah HamdaniSayyad Laal Shah Hamdani was a Muslim scholar and prominent Sufi shaykh of Naqshbandi tariqah in South Asia . One of his forefathers Hazrat Shah Bilawal Hamdani migrated from Hamadan to district Chakwal and settled at Danda, which is now called Danda Shah Bilawal after his name.Sayyad Laal Shah...
, a prominent NaqshbandiNaqshbandiNaqshbandi is one of the major Sufi spiritual orders of Sufi Islam. It is considered to be a "Potent" order.The Naqshbandi order is over 1,300 years old, and is active today...
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