Rabi' al-Thani
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Rabi' al-Thani (Template:Lang-ar, Rabīʿ ath-Thānī) also known as Rabi' al-Akhir (رَبِيع ٱلْآخِر, Rabīʿ al-ʾĀkhir), is the fourth month in the Islamic calendar.
In the Ottoman Empire days, the name of this month in Ottoman Turkish was Rèbi' ul-aher, with the Turkish abbreviation Rè,[1] or Reb.-ul-Akh. in western European languages.[2] In modern Turkish it is Rebiülahir or Rebiülsani.
Timing
The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the tropical year, Rabī' al-Thānī migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start and end dates for Rabī' al-Thānī are as follows (based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia[3]):
| AH | First day (CE/AD) | Last day (CE/AD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1439 | 19 December 2017 | 17 January 2018 |
| 1440 | 8 December 2018 | 6 January 2019 |
| 1441 | 28 November 2019 | 26 December 2019 |
| 1442 | 16 November 2020 | 15 December 2020 |
| 1443 | 6 November 2021 | 4 December 2021 |
| 1444 | 26 October 2022 | 24 November 2022 |
Islamic events
- 08 or 10 Rabī' al-Thānī, birth of the Twelver Imam Hasan al-Askari
- 10 or 12 Rabī’ al-Thānī, death of Fatimah bint Musa
- 11 of Rabī’ al-Thānī, death of Abdul-Qadir Gilani, the Sufi sheikh who is believed to be the "saint of saints"
- 15 of Rabi' al-Thani, death of Habib Abu Bakr al-Haddad
- 27 of Rabi' al-Thani, death of Ahmad Sirhindi
- 28 or 29 of Rabī’ al-Thānī, death of ibn Arabi, the great philosopher from Spain who died and rests in Damascus, Syria.[4]
References
- ^ Youssof, R. (1890). Dictionnaire portatif turc-français de la langue usuelle en caractères latins et turcs. Constantinople. p. 479.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Young, George (1905). Corps de droit ottoman; recueil des codes, lois, règlements, ordonnances et actes les plus importants du droit intérieur, et d'études sur le droit coutumier de l'Empire ottoman (in French). Vol. 1. Clarendon Press. p. xiv.
- ^ Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia
- ^ "Sheikh Muhyiddin Ibn Al-Arabi (RA) - URS 22 Rabi al-Thani". LoveMeditation-Naqshbandi | Maida Vale Naqshbandi Rabbani Group | Islamic History | Sufi Events | Sufi Saints History. 29 January 2016.