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IN THE MUSLIM CALENDAR
| Muharram | ||
| Date | Anniversary/Event | Resting Place |
| 1st | New Year | |
| 1st | Sayyidina ‘Umar al-Farooq | Madina al-Munawwarah |
| 1st | Shaykh Abu Hafs Shihabuddin ‘Umar Suhrawardi | Baghdad |
| 1st | Al-Habib As-Sayyid Swaleh bin ‘Alawi Jamalil Layl | Lamu, Kenya |
| 4th | Hadrat Hasan al-Basri | Basra, Iraq |
| 9th | Sunnah meritorious fast | |
| 10th | Sayyidina Imam al-Husayn and Shuhada’ Karbala | Karbala, Iraq |
| 10th | Sunnah meritorious fast | |
| 18th | Imam Zaynul ‘Abideen ‘Ali ibn Husayn ibn ‘Ali | Madina al-Munawwarah |
| 28th | Al-Habib Said bin ‘AbdAllah al-Beidh | Mambrui, Kenya |
| 29th | Al Habib ‘Ali bin ‘Isa bin Abdulkader Al-Haddad | Shah Alam, Malaysia |
| Safar | ||
| Date | Anniversary/Event | Resting Place |
| 9th | Al-Habib As-Sayyid ‘Umar bin Ahmad bin Sumayt | Moroni, Comoros Islands |
| 14th | Shah ‘Abdullatif Bhittai | Bhit Shah, Pakistan |
| 17th | As-Sayyid Swaleh 'Izz ad-Din al-Jailani | Moshi, Tanzania |
| 18th | Hadrat Data Ganj Baksh ‘Ali al-Hujwiri | Lahore |
| 25th | A‘la Hadrat Imam Ahmad Raza Khan | Bareilly, India |
| 28th | Sayyidina Imam al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali | Madina al-Munawwarah |
| 28th | Mujaddid Alfi Thani, Shaykh Ahmad Faruqi | Sirhind, India |
| Rabi‘ al-Awwal | ||
| Date | Anniversary/Event | Resting Place |
| 12th | ‘Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa Sallam) | Madina al-Munawwarah |
| 1st | Imam Abu’l Hasan ash-Shazili | Marrakesh, Morocco |
| 3rd | Khawaja Bahauddin Naqshbandi | Bukhara, Uzbekistan |
| 12th | Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal | Baghdad |
| 14th | Al-Habib Nuh bin Muhammad al-Habashi | Singapore |
| 16th | Imam Muhammad bin Sulayman al-Jazuli | Marrakesh, Morocco |
| 23rd | Hadrat Rabia al-‘Adawiya al-Basri | Basra, Iraq |
| 23rd | Shaykh Uways bin Muhammad Al-Barawi Al-Qadiri | Biyole, Somalia |
| 24th | As-Sayyid Bagh ‘Ali Shah | MacKinnon Road, Kenya |
| Rabi‘ al-Thani | ||
| Date | Anniversary/Event | Resting Place |
| 11th | Gawth ul-A‘zam Ash-Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani | Baghdad |
| 14th | Imam Malik bin Anas | Madina al-Munawwarah |
| 19th | Mulla ‘Abd al-Rahman Jami | Herat, Afghanistan |
| 20th | Al-Habib As-Sayyid ‘Ali bin Muhammad al-Habashi | Seiyun, Hadramaut |
| 22nd | Shaykh ul-Akbar Muhyuddin ibn al-‘Arabi al-Andalusi | Damascus, Syria |
| 26th | Al-Habib Mohammad bin Salim bin Salim bin Ahmad al-‘Attas | Singapore |
| Jumada al-Ulaa | ||
| Date | Anniversary/Event | Resting Place |
| 12th | As-Sayyid Ahmad al-Kabir ar-Rifa’i | Wasit, Iraq |
| 20th | Al-Habib Shaykh Omar bin Abdullah Al-Khatib | Singapore |
| 21st | Al-Habib ‘Umar bin ‘Abd al-Rahman al-‘Attas | Huraydah, Hadramaut |
| 26th | Sultan Ibrahim bin Ad’ham al-Balkhi | Jableh, Syria |
| Jumada al-Thani | ||
| Date | Anniversary/Event | Resting Place |
| 1st | Hazrat Sultan Bahu | Garh Maharaja, Pakistan |
| 5th | Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi | Konya, Turkey |
| 14th | Imam Muhammad bin Muhammad al-Ghazali | Tus, Iran |
| 22nd | Sayyidina AbuBakr as-Siddiq | Madina al-Munawwarah |
| Rajab | ||
| Date | Anniversary/Event | Resting Place |
| 6th | Khawaja Mu‘eenuddin Chishti | Ajmer, India |
| 14th | Al-Habib Ahmad Mash-hur bin Taha al-Haddad | Makkah al-Mukarramah |
| 15th | Imam Ja‘far as-Sadiq | Madina al-Munawwarah |
| 18th | Mawlana ‘Abdullah Shah, of Nairobi | Madina al-Munawwarah |
| 20th | Al-Habib ‘Ali bin ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Habashi | Jakarta |
| 24th | Imam Muslim al-Hajjaj | Naysabur / Nishapur, Iran |
| 24th | Imam Yahya bin Sharaf an-Nawawi | Nawa, Syria |
| 27th | Laylatul Me‘raj | |
| 27th | Shaykh Junayd al-Baghdadi | Baghdad |
| 27th | Al-Habib ‘Attas al-Habashi | Makkah al-Mukarramah |
| 29th | Imam Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi‘i | Cairo |
| Sha‘ban | ||
| Date | Anniversary/Event | Resting Place |
| 2nd | Imam u’l-A‘zam Imam Abu Hanifa | Baghdad |
| 15th | Nisf Sha‘ban | |
| 15th | Sunnah meritorious fast | |
| 19th | Al-Habib Ahmad bin Zayn al-Habashi | Hawtah, Hadramaut |
| Ramadan | ||
| Date | Anniversary/Event | Resting Place |
| 1st | Start of obligatory (fard) fasting | |
| 3rd | Sayyidatina Fatima az-Zahra | Madina al-Munawwarah |
| 10th | Sayyidatina Khadija al-Kubra | Makkah al-Mukarramah |
| 12th | Imam ‘Abdallah al-‘Aydarus al-Akbar | Tarim, Hadramaut |
| 17th | Sayyidatina ‘Aisha As-Siddiqah | Madina al-Munawwarah |
| 17th | Shuhada’ Battle of Badr | Badr |
| 21st | Sayyidina ‘Ali al-Murtada | Najaf Ashraf, Iraq |
| 21st to 29th | Search for Laylatul Qadr (on 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th and 29th nights) | |
| 23th | As-Sayyid ‘Abd al-Rahman bin Ahmad as-Saggaf | Mombasa |
| 27th | Shaykh Osman Wali ‘Abdul Karim | Mombasa |
| 27th | Dr. Farida Ahmad Siddiqui | Karachi |
| Shawwal | ||
| Date | Anniversary/Event | Resting Place |
| 1st | ‘Eid ul-Fitr | |
| 2nd | Start of six Sunnah meritorious fasts of Shawwal | |
| 6th | Imam al-al-Bukhari ash-Shafi‘i | Bukhara, Uzbekistan |
| 13th | Al-Habib Abubakr bin ‘Abdallah al-‘Aydarus al-Adani | Aden, Yemen |
| 13th | Al-Habib as-Sayyid Ahmad bin Abubakr bin Sumayt | Zanzibar |
| 15th | Shuhada’ Battle of Uhud | Mount Uhud |
| 17th | Mawlana Shah Ahmad Noorani | Karachi |
| 19th | Dr. Muhammad Qadeer Shah Baig Ajmeri | Toronto |
| 21st | Al-Habib Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Mihdar | Surabaya, Indonesia |
| Dhu’l Qa‘da | ||
| Date | Anniversary/Event | Resting Place |
| 7th | Sayyiduna al-Imam al-Habib ‘Abdallah al-Haddad | Tarim, Hadramaut |
| 13th | Hababa Khadijah al-Haddad | Makkah al-Mukarramah |
| 17th | ‘Aisha maa bint Esmail Khamisa | Nairobi |
| Dhu’l Hijjah | ||
| Date | Anniversary/Event | Resting Place |
| 7th | Imam Muhammad al-Baqir | Madina al-Munawwarah |
| 9th | Day of Hajj: Wuquful ‘Arafah | |
| 9th | Sunnah meritorious fast | |
| 10th | ‘Eid ul-Ad’ha | |
| 10th to 12th | Days of Sacrifice | |
| 11th | Sayyidina ‘Uthman Ghani | Madina al-Munawwarah |
| 17th | Ash-Shaykh ‘Abdallah Quilliam | London |
| 22nd | Mawlana Muhammad ‘Abdul ‘Aleem Siddiqi | Madina al-Munawwarah |
| 27th | Ash-Shaykh Abubakr bin Salim | ‘Aynat, Hadramaut |
Wallahu A‘lam (Allah Knows Best!)
Updated: Dhu'l Qa'dah 1441 A.H. / July 2020
Personal Communications Received From:
1.As-Sayyid
Ali Qullatain, Toronto.
2. As-Sayyid Abdul Kader bin Ali bin Issa Al-Haddad, Singapore. 3. Brother Abdul Alim Essa of London who communicated with Brother Muhammad Bakir al-Haddad of Jakarta.
References:
1. Iqbal Ahmad Nuri and Anees Ahmad Nuri, Qadiri Ridwi Majmu‘ah Wazaaif (A
Compendium of Regular Voluntary Invocations of the Qadiriyyah), in Urdu, Maktaba
Nuriyyah Ridwiyyah, Sikhkhir, 1994, p. 399-407.
2. Pir Muhammad Karam Shah, Majmu‘ah Wazaaif ma‘ Dalaail ul-Khayraat (A
Compilation of Regular Voluntary Invocations Together With Dalaail ul-Khayraat
of Imam al-Jazuli), Urdu translation, Ziya ul-Qur’an Publications, Lahore,
1404/1984, p. 440-443.
3. http://www.dawateislami.net/
4. Various biographies
Note: Some names, such as those of al-Faqih al-Muqaddam Muhammad ibn ‘Ali, Imam al-Busiri and Imam al-Barzanji have not been listed because the dates of their anniversaries could not be obtained.
Request: Please recite Rady Allahu ‘Anhu / ‘Anha, Naf‘anAllahu bih / biha, Rahmatullahi ‘alayh / ‘alayha after each name as appropriate.