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Jumada al-Awwal is the fifth month in the Islamic calendar. We
can also find the alternative spelling Jumada al-Ula. The origin of the
word is as follows: The word Jumda, from which the name of the month is derived, is
used to denote dry parched land: land devoid of rain, and hence the dry months. The Islamic calendar 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, Jumada al-Awwal migrates throughout the seasons.
The estimated start and end dates for the year 1431 Jumada al-Awwal are
April 16th 2010 to May 14th 2010.
Highlights of
This Month
Events in the
Seerah (Life Sketch) of the Holy Last
Messenger (peace be upon him)
The Holy Prophet (peace
be upon him) married his first beloved
wife; Hadrat Khadijah (God
be Pleased with Her) 15 years
prior to Prophecy.
Noble
Births and Passings
5th-Birth
of Sayeda Zainab , 5 After Hijra, of the Islamic
era -AH
15th-Birth of Imam Zainul Abideen
(God be Pleased with Him), 38 AH, or on 5 Shaaban
13th-Hazrat
Fatima Al-Zahra (God be Pleased
with Her) passed away, 11 AH
Recommended Worship
It
is written in the book titled Jwahray Gaybee that whoever on the
first night of the month of Jumada Al-Awwal performs four cycles of
prayer and in each cycle recites Surah Ikhlas
from the Holy Qur'an 11 times, Allah, the Most High, adds 90,000
years of good deeds into his account and removes 90,000 years of bad
deeds from his account.
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