- Safar
Safar ( _ar. صفر) is the second month in the
Islamic calendar .Safar literally means ‘the void month’. The origin of this word has two theories: the first says that when the pagan Arabs went on their looting expeditions they would leave their houses empty or ‘sifr’ meaning void. The second theory says that the word is derived form the Arabic word for yellow called ‘sufr’: as when it was first named it fell in the time of autumn, hence the derivation the word yellow as all the leaves at that time turned yellow. It is held to be the unluckiest month of the calendar, as in this month Adam was turned out of the
Garden of Eden .Timing
The
Islamic calendar is alunar calendar , and months begin when the first crescent of anew moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than thesolar year , Safar migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start and end dates for Safar are as follows (all future dates are estimates):* 1426 AH u2013 First day:
March 12 ,2005 ; last day:April 9 ,2005
* 1427 AH u2013 First day:March 2 ,2006 ; last day:March 30 ,2006
* 1428 AH u2013 First day:February 19 ,2007 ; last day:March 19 ,2007
* 1429 AH u2013 First day:February 9 ,2008 ; last day:March 8 ,2008 Islamic Events
* 01 Safar, Households of
Muhammad enteredYazid 's Palace at Syria.
* 07 Safar, Seventh Shia ImamMusa_al_Kazim was born.
* 09 Safar, Victory toImam Ali overBattle of Nahrawan .
* 13 Safar, Death ofSakina bint Husayn .
* 17 Safar, Death of eighth Shia ImamAli Raza .
* 20 Safar,Arba'een is observed by Shiite Muslims, forty days after the Day of Ashurah.
* 28 Safar, Death ofMuhammad & Imam Hasan. (According toShi'a Islam )External links
* [http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/islam/islam_tabcal.htm Islamic-Western Calendar Converter (Based on the Arithmetical or Tabular Calendar)]
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