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Rajab

See Rajab, Jalandhar
Rajab, Jalandhar

Rajab is a village in Jalandhar. Jalandhar is a district in the Indian state of Punjab ....
a village in India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
.

Rajab (Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
: ) is the seventh month of the Islamic calendar

Islamic calendar

The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar or Hijri calendar is a lunar calendar used to date events in many predominantly Muslim countries, and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic holy days and festivals....
. The lexical definition of Rajaba is "to respect", which is where the word Rajab has been derived from.

This month is regarded as one of the four sacred months in which battles are prohibited in Islam. The pre-Islamic Arabs also considered warfare blasphemous during the four months, a view that has been confirmed in Islam. Dua of Rajab

The month is also a prelude to the month of Ramadan, because Ramadan follows it after the intervening month of Sha'ban.

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Rajab (Arabic

Arabic language

Islamic calendar

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The Islamic calendar

Islamic calendar

Lunar calendar

A lunar calendar is a calendar that is based on cycles of the moon phase. The only widely used purely lunar calendar is the Islamic calendar or Hijri calendar, whose year always consists of 12 lunar months....
, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon

New moon

In astronomical terminology, the new moon is the lunar phase that occurs when the Moon, in its monthly orbital motion around Earth, lies between Earth and the Sun, and is therefore in Conjunction with the Sun as seen from Earth....
is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Rajab migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start and end dates for Rajab are as follows (all future dates are estimates):

1426 AH
Islamic calendar

The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar or Hijri calendar is a lunar calendar used to date events in many predominantly Muslim countries, and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic holy days and festivals....
– First day: August 6, 2005; last day: September 4, 2005
1427 AH
Islamic calendar

The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar or Hijri calendar is a lunar calendar used to date events in many predominantly Muslim countries, and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic holy days and festivals....
– First day: July 27, 2006; last day: August 25, 2006
1428 AH
Islamic calendar

The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar or Hijri calendar is a lunar calendar used to date events in many predominantly Muslim countries, and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic holy days and festivals....
– First day: July 16, 2007; last day: August 14, 2007
1429 AH
Islamic calendar

The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar or Hijri calendar is a lunar calendar used to date events in many predominantly Muslim countries, and used by Muslims everywhere to determine the proper day on which to celebrate Islamic holy days and festivals....
– First day: July 5, 2008; last day: August 3, 2008

Islamic Events

On 01 Rajab, 5th Imam Muhammad al-Baqir was born.
On 03 Rajab, is the death of 10th Imam Ali Naqi.
On 04 Rajab, Sufi of Chishti Order celebrate the annivarsary of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti
On 05 Rajab, the 10th Imam Ali Naqi was born.
On 07 Rajab, Shi'a Muslims observe the Festival of Imam Musa al Kazim in dedication of Musa al Kazim.
On 09 Rajab, Ali Asghar, son of Imam Husayn was born.
On 10 Rajab, the 9th Imam Muhammad al-Taqi was born.
On 13 Rajab, celebrates their first Imam Ali's birthday with great zeal.
On 18 Rajab, Abraham died. (In accordance with Shi'a Islam)
On 22 Rajab, Koonday (table cloth dinner) is organized by Shi'a muslims and non Salafi Sunni Muslims. It is an occasion for Muslims to discuss Allah and the Holy Ahlul Bayt and to strengthen ties among the community with love and compassion. This tradition is more common among the Muslims of South Asia. It is reported to be a practice instructed by 6th Imam Jafar as-Sadiq.Also it is the Death Anniversary of Caliph Ameer Muawia.
On 24 Rajab, victory to Mulims in the battle of Khyber.
On 25 Rajab, is the death of 7th Imam Musa al Kazim.
On 27 Rajab, Non Salafi Sunni celebrate the Mi'raj, i.e. the day Muhammad is believed to have ascended to heaven. The Shia celebrate the Mabath of Muhammad, i.e. the day he was appointed as a Prophet.
On 28 Rajab, Imam Husayn started his journey to Karbala from Medina.
In the year 5 A.H Bilal ibn Harith is reported to have brought a congregation of four hundred men named Banu Muzeena in the presence of Muhammad. They all embraced Islam.
The Battle of Tabouk
Battle of Tabouk

The Battle of Tabouk was a military expedition said to have been led by Muhammed in October, AD 630. According to Muslim biographies, Muhammed led a force of as many as 30,000 north to Tabouk in present-day northwestern Saudi Arabia, with the intention of engaging the Byzantine Empire army....
took place in the year 9 A.H. This was the last battle which Muhammad participated in.
The second Oath of Aqabah took place in Rajab, 12 A.H.
Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
was captured by Saladin
Saladin

ala ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub , better known as Saladin in medieval Europe, was the Sultan of Egypt and Greater Syria. He led the Islamic opposition to the Second Crusade and Third Crusade....
in the month of Rajab, 583 A.H.
On 28 Rajab 1342 A.H. (3 March 1924), the Ottoman Caliphate
Ottoman Caliphate

The Ottoman Caliphate, under the Ottoman Dynasty of the Ottoman Empire inherited the responsibility of the Caliphate from the Mamluks of Egypt....
was abolished by Mustafa Kamal Ataturk.

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