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Hijri new year9/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Javaid told Newsweek that people celebrating the Islamic new year often exchange greetings such as "Kulla 'Aamin wa antum bi khair," which translates to "May every year pass and you are all well. The Islamic New Year starts off with Muharram followed by Safar, Rabi al. Both Mecca and Medina are in modern-day Saudi Arabia. There, an Islamic state would be established. Year one of the Hijri calendar marks when the Prophet Muhammad and his companions travelled from the city of Mecca, where they were experiencing persecution, to Medina. Muslims are not allowed to fight during Muharram. The first year of the Islamic calendar began in 622 AD when the Prophet Muhammad migrated from Makkah to Medina with his companions. However, it consists of 354-355 days, unlike the 365-366 days in the regular calendar. As such, the year according to the Hijri calendar is 1445. As the first month of the year, Muharram is known as the month of remembrance and it is believed to be the most sacred month. Sahirah Javaid, senior press officer at the U.K.-based charity Muslim Hands, described Al-Hijra as the "beginning of the new Islamic year, which will mark 1,444 lunar years since the Hijrah"-the migration of the Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina. A year lasts for about 354 days and consists of 12 months in the Islamic/Hijri calendar. Similar to the new year in the Gregorian calendar, Muslims make resolutions on Al-Hijra, but the Islamic New Year and the wider sacred month are celebrated differently by Shiite, Sunni and Sufi Muslims. ![]() The first 10 days of Muharram are particularly significant in the Muslim religion. Muharram is one of four sacred months in the lunar calendar-the second most important after Ramadan. The lunar calendar, or Hijri, has been used for more than 1,440 years and helps to fix the date of annual celebrations and events such as Eid al-Fitr and the Hajj. The Islamic new year, known as Al-Hijra, begins on Friday and marks the beginning of Muharram, the first month of the Muslim lunar calendar. ![]()
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