Islamic calendarLunar calendar used by most Muslims
Lunar calendarA lunar calendar is a calendar whose months record the cycles of the Moon's phases (synodic months, lunations). This in contrast to solar calendars, whose annual cycles are based on the solar year (which is about 11 to 12 days longer than twelve lunar months). It is also to be contrasted with lunisolar calendars, which also count lunar months but recover the accumulated differences by adding ("intercalating") a thirteenth leap month every few years.
Sacred monthsFour forbidden months of the Islamic calendar In the Islamic religion, the sacred months or inviolable months include Dhu'l-Qa'da, Dhu'l-Hijja, Muharram and Rajab, the four months of the Islamic calendar during which war is considered forbidden except in response to aggression. Al-Shafi'i and many of scholars went to the fatwa of the deceased during the sacred months.
Al-NawawiYahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi (Arabic: يحيى بن شرف النووي, romanized: Yaḥyā ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī) (October 1233 – 21 December 1277) was a jurist and hadith scholar, better known for authoring The Meadows of the Righteous and Sharh Sahih Muslim. Despite dying at the relatively early age of 45, Al-Nawawi authored numerous and lengthy works ranging from hadith, to theology, biography, and jurisprudence that are still read to this day.
MeccaHoliest city in Islam and capital of Mecca Province, Saudi ArabiaCity in Mecca Province, Saudi ArabiaMecca, officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and is the capital of Mecca Province. Mecca is considered the birthplace of Islam and the Islamic prophetMuhammad, as well as being the holiest city in Islam. It is located 70 km (43 mi) inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea in a narrow valley 277 m (909 ft) above sea level.
Battle of the TrenchBelligerentsFirst Islamic stateAnsarsKhazrajAwsMuhajirunKhuza'ahThe ConfederatesQurayshBanu QurayzaBanu NadirBanu GhatafanBanu MurraBanu AsadBanu ShujaCommanders and leadersMuhammadAli ibn Abi TalibZubayr ibn al-AwwamUmar ibn al-KhattabSa'd ibn Mu'adh†Salman the PersianNu'aym ibn Mas'udAbu SufyanAmr ibn Abd al-Wud†Ikrima ibn AmrDirar ibn al-KhattabTulayha ibn KhuwaylidHuyayy ibn AkhtabSafwan ibn UmayyaStrength 3,000 10,0007,500 (Watt's estimate)over 12,000 men (Asad)Casualties and losses 6 3The Battle of the Trench (Arabic: غزوة الخندق, romanized: Ghazwat al-Khandaq), also known as the Battle of Khandaq (Arabic: معركة الخندق, romanized: Ma’rakah al-Khandaq) and the Battle of the Confederates (Arabic: غزوة الاحزاب, romanized: Ghazwat al-Ahzab), was part of the conflict between the Muslims and the Quraysh.
New moonFirst lunar phase, the definition varies A simulated image of the traditionally defined new Moon: the earliest visible waxing crescent (lower right), which signals the start of a new month in many lunar and lunisolar calendars. At new moon, mostly earthlight illuminates the near side of the Moon.Tropical yearA tropical year, or solar year (or tropical period), is the time that the Sun takes to return to the same position in the sky – as viewed from the Earth or another celestial body of the Solar System – thus completing a full cycle of astronomical seasons. For example, it is the time from vernal equinox to the next vernal equinox, or from summer solstice to the next summer solstice. It is the type of year used by tropical solar calendars.
IslamAbrahamic monotheistic religionPledge of the TreeThe Pledge of the Tree (Arabic: بيعة الشَّجَرَة, romanized: bayʿat ash-shajara) was a pledge that was sworn by companions to the Islamic prophet Muhammad prior to the Treaty of al-Hudaybiya (6 AH/628 CE). Sworn under a tree, it was to avenge the rumoured death of Uthman.
Treaty of al-HudaybiyaThe Treaty of al-Hudaybiya (Arabic: صُلح الْحُدَيْبِيَة, romanized: Ṣulḥ al-Ḥudaybiya) was an event that took place during the lifetime of the Islamic prophetMuhammad ﷺ. It was a pivotal treaty between Muhammad ﷺ , representing the state of Medina, and the tribe of the Quraysh in Mecca in March 628 (corresponding to Dhu'l-Qa'da, AH 6).
ArabicCentral Semitic languageArabic is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns language codes to 32 varieties of Arabic, including its standard form of Literary Arabic, known as Modern Standard Arabic, which is derived from Classical Arabic.First PilgrimageThe First Pilgrimage or Umrah of Dhu'l-Qada (Pilgrimage of the 11th month) was the first pilgrimage that the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the Muslims made after the Migration to Medina. It took place on the morning of the fourth day of Dhu al-Qi'dah 7 AH (629 CE), after the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah 6 AH (628 CE). The entire event was three days long.
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