Jumada al-Awwal ( ar, جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْأَوَّل, Jumādā al-ʾAwwal, lit=The initial Jumada), also known as Jumada al-Ula ( ar, جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْأُولَىٰ, Jumādā al-ʾŪlā, lit=The first Jumada), or Jumada I, is the fifth month of the
Islamic calendar. Jumada al-Awwal spans 29 or 30 days. The origin of the month's name is theorized by some as coming from the word ''jamād'' ( ar, جماد), meaning "arid, dry, or cold"
, denoting the dry and parched land and hence the dry months of the
pre-Islamic Arabian calendar. ''Jumādā'' ( ar, جُمَادَىٰ) may also be related to a verb meaning "to freeze", and another account relates that water would freeze during this time of year. The secondary name ''Jumādā al-Ūlā'' may possibly mean "to take charge with, commend, entrust, commit or care during the arid or cold month".
However, this explanation is rejected by some as Jumada al-Awwal is a lunar month that does not coincide with seasons as solar months do.
In the
Ottoman Turkish language used in the
Ottoman Empire, the name of the month was ''Jèmāzìyyu-'l-èvvel'',
or ''G̃émazi lèlèvvèl''. In Turkish, it was abbreviated ''Jā'',
[ or ''G̃a''. In Turkish today the spelling is ''Cemaziyelevvel''.
]
Timing
The Islamic calendar is a purely lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon
In astronomy, the new moon is the first lunar phase, when the Moon and Sun have the same ecliptic longitude. At this phase, the lunar disk is not visible to the naked eye, except when it is silhouetted against the Sun during a solar eclipse.
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is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Jumada al-Awwal migrates backwards throughout the seasons in a cycle of about 33 solar years. The estimated start and end dates for Jumada al-Awwal are as follows (based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi ArabiaUmm Al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia
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Islamic events
* On 5 Jumada al-Awwal, Zainab bint Ali was born.
* On 8th Jumada al-Awwal, URS Sayyid Amir al-Kulal Amir Kulal.
* On 10 Jumada al-Awwal 11 AH, Fatima bint Muhammad (Fatima al-Zahra) beloved daughter of Prophet Muhammad died in Medina at the young age of 23 years according to Sunni Muslim sources.
* On 13 Jumada al-Awwal 11 AH, Fatima bint Muhammad
Fāṭima bint Muḥammad ( ar, فَاطِمَة ٱبْنَت مُحَمَّد}, 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, t ...
was buried by her husband Ali.
* On 15 Jumada al-Awwal, Ali ibn Husayn (Zayn al-Abideen) was born.
* On 20 Jumada al-Awwal 857, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II
Mehmed II ( ota, محمد ثانى, translit=Meḥmed-i s̱ānī; tr, II. Mehmed, ; 30 March 14323 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror ( ota, ابو الفتح, Ebū'l-fetḥ, lit=the Father of Conquest, links=no; tr, Fâtih Su ...
conquered Constantinople.
See also
* Jumada al-Thani
References
External links
Islamic-Western Calendar Converter (Based on the Arithmetical or Tabular Calendar)
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Islamic terminology
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