Islamic Calendar - Happy New Year 1434
New Islamic Year 1334 Hijri is expected to start on 15th November 2012. The first month of Islamic year is Muharram. Islamic Calender works with the Lunar system and it started from the time When Prophet Muhammad PBUH done Hijrat.
1334 Hijri means Prophet Muhammad SAW done Hijrat 1334 years ago from now. In Islamic Year there are 354 days unlike solar system which has 365 days.
Islamic Calendar
The Muslim Era began with the great event of the Hijrah of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions from Makkah to Madinah.
The adoption of this event as the beginning of the Muslim Era took place in the Caliphate of `Umar ibn Al-Khattab, the second Caliph.
The Muslim calendar is lunar, and its months are determined by the various positions of the moon.
In every year there are twelve months, and each month is either thirty or twenty-nine days depending on the position of the moon.
These months are:
1. Muharram
2. Safar
3. Rabi` al-Awwal
4. Rabi` ath-Thani
5. Jumada al-Ula (also known as Jumada al-Awwal)
6. Jumada al-Ukhra (also known as Jumada ath-Thani)
7. Rajab
8. Sha`ban
9. Ramadan
10. Shawwal.
11. Dhul-Qi`dah
12. Dhul-Hijjah
Every week has one special day to remember and observe. This is Friday, and its significance stems from the Noon Congregational Prayers which must be observed by every Muslim who can attend. There are other significant occasions which should be remembered with a special observance:
1- Ramadan, the month of Fasting, in which the Qur'an was revealed.
2- The Night of Honor and Excellence of Qadr which may be celebrated on the eve of twenty-third or the twenty-fifth or the twenty-seventh of Ramadan.
3- `Eid al-Fitr (Feast of Breaking the Fast of Ramadan) which falls on the first day of Shawwal.
4- `Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) which falls on the tenth day of Dhul-Hijjash.
What Is Your Plan for the New Hijri Year?
A year has ended! True, but this is not the end of the world. As long as Allah permits you to live, you can still make up for lost time and return back to Him.
To atone for one's evil deeds, one should first evaluate the past year to see how many good deeds have been gained and how many bad ones have been added.
Has one's iman (faith) increased? Or is one’s faith still lagging behind? What if one starts to look back to one's past deeds and weighs them, in an attempt to purify intentions and make the new year far better than the previous one?
What if one purifies one’s wealth and property by getting rid of all sorts of ill-gained elements, such asriba (usury) and the like? What if one rids one’s home of all forms of sins, which can eat up the home’s very foundation as well as one's good deeds?
So, why does one not try to be more intelligent and try to catch up on what was missed during the last year?
