The Muslim calendar is a lunar calendar, 12 months, each month is a moon (from one new moon to the next). That makes the Muslim calendar 11 to 12 days shorter than the Gregorian calendar; a date like the first of Muharram will be like 11 days earlier each year, and gradually change through the different seasons. According to Wikipedia, last time, Muharram started on December 29, 2008. This year it should be 11 or 12 days earlier, but future times are estimates, since the months start when the new moon is actually sighted.
Yes, it is Sunnah (practices of prophet Muhammad) to fast the 9th and 10th of the month of Muharram.
Muharram
On December 7th 2010 Tuesday is Muharram,and is the first month of the Muslim calender.
Muharram is the beginning month of the Islamic Calendar. In 1964 the Muharram Festival was on Wednesday, May 13, 1964.
Muharram is the first month in the Islamic calender
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No. Muharram is the first month of the Islamic month, while Ramadan is the ninth. Ramadan is most known as the month of fasting. Muharram is most known for it's 9th and 10th days, or Ashura, which is a time for Shia mourning. Many Muslims also fast on the tenth day, or on days 9 and 10, or on the first ten days of Muharram.
All muslims celebrated the muharram month and he give the foods to the poor people who are not be able to earn money and take food for his children so they provide foods and dishs and sharbat sabeels in the muharram
The 9th of Muharram in the year 1969 corresponds to the 18th of October, 1969 in the Gregorian calendar. Muharram is the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar, and its dates vary each year in the Gregorian calendar.
Fasting per the 3rd Islam five pillars starts by the 1st day and through the whole month of Ramadan (the 9th month in Islam Lunar Calendar). Voluntarily, Muslims may fast Mondays and Thursdays besides the three middle days of the Islamic Lunar months.
Most people would say Ramadan, but that's not right. Ramadan is the month with most blessings, but the Sacred Months are four: Muharram Rajab Thul Qi'dah Thul Hijjah
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