Rabi' al-Thani
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Rabiʽ al-Thani (Template:Langx, also known as Rabi' al-Akhirah (Template:Langx), RabiTemplate:Ayin al-Akhir (Template:Langx), or Rabi' II is the fourth month of the Islamic calendar. The name Rabī' al-Thani means "the second spring" in Arabic, referring to its position in the pre-Islamic Arabian calendar.
Meaning
The word "Rabi" means "spring" and Al-thani means "the second" in the Arabic language, so "Rabi' al-Thani" means "the second spring" in Arabic. As the Islamic calendar is a purely lunar calendar, the month naturally rotates over solar years, so Rabīʽ al-Thani can fall in spring or any other season. Therefore, the month cannot be related to the actual season of spring.[1]
Timing
The Islamic calendar is a purely lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar 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[2]):
| AH | First day (CE/AD) | Last day (CE/AD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1444 | 26 October 2022 | 24 November 2022 |
| 1445 | 16 October 2023 | 14 November 2023 |
| 1446 | 4 October 2024 | 2 November 2024 |
| 1447 | 23 September 2025 | 22 October 2025 |
| 1448 | 12 September 2026 | 11 October 2026 |
Islamic events
- 08 or 10 Rabī' al-Thānī, the birth of the Eleventh 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.[3]
References
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