Religions - Islam Quiz - Months of Islamic Calendar (Answers)
Muslims measure the passage of time using the Islamic (Hijrah/Hijri) calendar. This calendar has twelve lunar months, the beginnings and endings of which are determined by the sighting of the crescent moon - each month comprises of either 29 days or 30 days. The Islamic calendar has twelve months, it starts after sunset, the day when the lunar crescent is visually sighted. The lunar year is approximately 354 days long.
The Islamic calendar is based on the year Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and his Sahabah, the Companions, emigrated to Madinah from Makkah. The Arabic word Hijrah means emigration. The migration (Hijrah) is one of the important phases of Islamic history, as it was the first step in the formation of the first Islamic State, Madinah.
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The Islamic calendar is based on a lunar cycle, and each month comprises of either 29 days or 30 days
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The Islamic calendar is based on the year Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and his Sahabah, the Companions, emigrated to Madinah from Makkah. The Arabic word Hijrah means emigration. The migration (Hijrah) is one of the important phases of Islamic history, as it was the first step in the formation of the first Islamic State, Madinah
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The Islamic calendar begins with the month of Muharram
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An Islamic calendar month consists of either 29 days or 30 days. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) narrated that ”…..The month is like this and like this, meaning that it is twenty-nine sometimes and thirty sometimes” (Sahih Al-Bukhari, vol.3, No.137)
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In the Islamic calendar, four months (Muharram, Rajjab, Dhul-Qaida, Dhul- Hijjah) are considered sacred months during which any kind of warfare or fighting is prohibited
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Muslims from all across the world fast during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, Ramadhan. Ramadhan is also called the Month of the Quran in which: “…the Quran was sent down as guidance for the people.” (Quran 2:185). During this period from dawn to dusk, Muslims eat not a grain of food nor drink a drop of water, no matter how delicious the dish or how hungry or thirsty they feel
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Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated on the first day of the month of Shawwal, after completing the month-long fasting during the ninth month, Ramadhan
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Ramadhan is also called the Month of the Quran in which: “…the Quran was sent down as guidance for the people.” (Quran 2:185)
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The Hajj (Pilgrimage to Makkah) is the fifth of the fundamental Muslim practices and institutions known as the five Pillars of Islam. The pilgrimage takes place each year between the 8th and the 13th days of Dhul-Hijjah, the 12th month of the Muslim lunar calendar
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Edi-ul-Adha is celebrated during the month of Dhul-Hijjah which also is the month when Muslims from all across the world come to Makkah for the Hajj (Pilgrimage), and this is also the last month of the Islamic calendar
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