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In The Name Of Allah, Most
Gracious, Most Merciful
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| In The Holy Quran We Read: |
| "They Ask Thee About The New Moons. Say,
These Are Means For Measuring Time For People's Affairs
And For The Pilgrimage" (Holy Quran, Ch. 2 V. 190) |
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| Islam Has Made Use Of Both The Lunar And Solar
System Of Measuring Times. Where Worship Is To Be
Performed In Different Parts Of The Day The Solar System
Of Reckoning Time Is Used As In The Five Daily Prayers
Or For The Beginning And Breaking Of The Fast, And Where
Worship Is To Be Completed Within A Particular Month Or
Part Thereof, The Lunar System Is Used, As In The
Determination Of The Month Or Part Thereof, The Lunar
System Is Used, As In The Determination Of The Month Of
Fasting Or Fixing The Time Of Hajj Or Other Festivals. |
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| To Calculate
Conversions From One Calendar Year to the Other the
following formula is Used: |
| G = H - ( (3 * H) / 100 ) + 622 |
| H = G + ( ( G - 622) / 32 ) - 622 |
| Where G = Gregorian year (AD) |
| H = Hijra year (AH) |
| Thus 2000 AD is 1421 AH |
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| Islamic calendar consists of twelve lunar months.
Each month may be of 29 or 30 days depending on the
sighting of the new moon. |
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| An lunar year has, on average, 355 days. This is 10
days less than the solar year. Hence an Islamic year is
moved ahead 10 days each year in solar calendar year.
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| Following are the
names of the Islamic months: |
| 1. Muharram ul Haram |
| 2. Safar |
| 3. Rabi-ul-Awwal |
| 4. Rab-ul-Akhir |
| 5. Jamadi-ul-Awwal |
| 6. Jamadi-ul-Akhir |
| 7. Rajab |
| 8. Sha'aban |
| 9. Ramadhan |
| 10. Shawwal |
| 11. Dhul Qadah |
| 12. Dhul Hijja |
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| The Holy Quran states: |
| "The number of months with Allah has been
twelve months by Allah's ordinance since the day He
created the heavens and the earth. Of these four are
known as sacred" (Holy Quran, ch., v 36)Muharram, Rajab,
Dhul Qadah and Dhul Hijja are considered to be sacred
months. Fighting during these sacred months is
considered to be a sin. |
