SAEDNEWS: Follow our Rabi' al-Awwal calendar to learn about some of the most significant events that took place during the third month of the Islamic lunar calendar.
According to Saednews, Rabi' al-Awwal is the third month of the Islamic lunar calendar and holds a special place among Muslims because of the many important events associated with Islamic history. The month includes significant occasions such as the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (AS), the Prophet's migration, and the beginning of the Imamate of Imam al-Mahdi (AJ).
Learning about these dates provides an opportunity to revisit important chapters of Islamic history and reflect on the values and teachings found in the life and tradition of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Below is a chronological overview of the major events and occasions associated with Rabi' al-Awwal.
Laylat al-Mabit and the migration of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) on 1 Rabi' al-Awwal.
The Prophet's journey to and stay in the Cave of Thawr during his migration to Medina.
The Prophet's departure for the military expedition against Banu Lihyan.
The reported attack on the house of Lady Fatimah (SA).
The arrival of the first letter from Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan to Imam Ali (AS) in Medina.
The death of Miswar ibn Makhrama, one of the Prophet's companions.
The beginning of the Tawwabin uprising led by Sulayman ibn Surad al-Khuza'i against the Umayyad government.
The Abbasid al-Muwaffaq's battle against the Zanj leader.
The illness of Imam Hasan al-Askari (AS).
The reported martyrdom of Imam Hasan al-Askari (AS), according to one narration.
The death of Ahmad ibn Munir al-Tarabulsi, a Shi'a poet known for satirical poetry.
The birth of Ahmad Kafi, a religious preacher and cleric.
The first session of the Islamic Inter-Parliamentary conference.
The death of Sayyid Muhammad Mahdi Khorrasan, a Shi'a scholar and author.
The burning and bombardment of the Kaaba with catapults by Yazid's forces.
The death of Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Musa Mubarqa', a descendant of Imam Muhammad al-Jawad (AS).
The death of Aqa Muhammad Kabir.
The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) left the Cave of Thawr and continued his journey toward Medina.
Muslim forces conquered Nishapur.
The death of Yusuf ibn Ahmad al-Bahrani.
The death of Sukayna, daughter of Imam Husayn (AS), in Medina.
The martyrdom of al-Shahid al-Thani.
The official opening and commencement of Dar al-Funun, Iran's first modern institution of higher education.
The death of Mahdi Vaez Khorasani, a religious scholar.
The birth of Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi (Mawlana).
The death of Mir Muhammad Baqir Khatunabadi, a Shi'a jurist.
The death of Sayyid Ali Qadi Tabatabaei, a jurist and mystic.
The death of Sayyid Mujtaba Husayni Mirsadeqi, a Shi'a jurist.
The birth of Muhammad Reza Al-e Yasin, a Shi'a jurist.
The death of Parvin E'tesami, the renowned Iranian poet.
The martyrdom of Imam Hasan al-Askari (AS).
The beginning of the Minor Occultation of Imam al-Mahdi (AJ).
The death of Husayn ibn Abd al-Samad al-Harithi, a jurist and theologian.
The death of Muhammad Baqir Sabzavari, a jurist and philosopher.
The killing of Umar ibn Sa'd, commander of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad's army.
The death of Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, the tenth Umayyad caliph.
The beginning of the Imamate of Imam al-Mahdi (AJ).
The birth of Sayyid Ali Husayni Sistani.
The death of Sayyid Mahmud Deh-Sorkhi, a Shi'a jurist and hadith scholar.
The death of Abd al-Muttalib, the grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
The marriage of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Lady Khadijah (SA).
The death of Dawud ibn Ali, governor of Medina.
The death of Malik ibn Anas, also known as Imam Malik.
The death of Ibn Qulawayh al-Qummi, a Shi'a hadith scholar and narrator.
The death of Sayyid Muhammad al-Musawi al-Amili, a Shi'a jurist and hadith scholar.
The death of Sayyid Mahdi Darchei, a jurist and ascetic.
The death of Sayyid Muhammad-Sadiq Lawasani, a jurist and active cleric.
The birth of Sayyidah Nafisa, a renowned female hadith scholar and descendant of Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (AS).
The reported birth of Imam Ali al-Rida (AS), the eighth Shi'a Imam.
The death of Mir Muhammad Razavi Qummi, a scholar from Qazvin.
The birth of Aqa Buzurg Tehrani, a jurist and bibliographer.
The death of Sayyid Hasan Sadr, a jurist and hadith scholar.
The death of Mahdi Modarres Yazdi.
The birth of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), according to the Sunni narration.
The arrival of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Medina.
The establishment of Quba Mosque by the Prophet.
The beginning of the obligation of prayer.
The beginning of Mukhtar al-Thaqafi's uprising.
The Abbasid victory and the end of the Umayyad dynasty.
The death of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, one of the leading Sunni hadith scholars and jurists.
The death of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim.
The birth of Sayyid Ali Tabatabaei al-Haeri.
The birth of Fathullah Gharavi Isfahani (Shaykh al-Shari'a), a leader of Iraq's independence movement.
The death of Muhammad ibn Dildar Ali al-Hindi, known as Sultan al-Ulama.
The birth of Mulla Ali Ma'sumi Hamadani.
The death of Abdullah Faradi, a master of calligraphy.
The death of Sayyid Mahdi Qazvini, a Shi'a jurist, Qur'anic commentator, and hadith scholar.
The conquest of Jerusalem by Muslim forces.
The death of al-Muhaqqiq al-Hilli, a prominent jurist, legal theorist, and author of Shara'i al-Islam.
The death of Ali ibn Hilal al-Karaki, a jurist and hadith scholar who served as Shaykh al-Islam during the reign of Shah Tahmasp I.
The birth of Sayyid Ahmad Husayni Ashkuri, a cataloger of manuscripts.
The anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
The death of Sayyid Reza Baha al-Dini.
The death of Yahya Ansari Shirazi, a professor of logic.
The killing of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, a wealthy Jewish opponent of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
The death of Yazid ibn Muawiyah, the second Umayyad ruler.
The birth of Shah Nimatullah Wali, a poet, mystic, and founder of the Nimatullahi Sufi order.
The death of Sayyid Husayn Tabatabaei Qummi, a prominent Shi'a religious authority.
The death of Muhammad Kuhestani Behshahri, a Shi'a jurist.
The death of Sulayman ibn Mihran al-A'mash, a scholar of Kufa.
The death of Sayyid Ruhollah Khatami, Friday prayer leader and representative of Imam Khomeini in Yazd.
The death of Muhammad Ismail Sa'ini Zanjani.
Shi'a seminaries around the world were closed following reports of the deaths of 182 clerics and scholars of the Najaf seminary.
The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) led the first Friday prayer.
The death of Ali ibn Husayn al-Mas'udi, a historian.
The death of Mulla Abdullah Fadil Tuni, a jurist, Akhbari scholar, and author of al-Wafiya fi Usul al-Fiqh.
The death of Mirza Ahmad Modarres Yazdi, a scholar and teacher.
The death of Muhammad Shojaei Zanjani, an ethics teacher and author.
The death of Mahmud Hakimi, a translator and author of historical and religious books.
The assassination of Ibrahim Aqil, a commander of Hezbollah in Lebanon, by Israel.
The birth of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
The birth of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (AS).
The death of Muhammad Taqi Heravi.
The death of Mulla Ahmad Khuyini Qazvini.
The birth of Sayyid Abbas Husayni Kashani.
The birth of Sayyid Muhammad Sadr, a prominent Shi'a religious authority.
The death of Muhammad Baqir Mahmudi, a jurist, hadith scholar, theologian, and historian.
The official launch of IslamQuest, an online platform for answering religious questions.
The unveiling of newly gilded sections of the dome of the shrine of Imam Ali (AS).
The death of Sayyid Muhammad al-Musawi al-Amili.
The assassination of Mirza Muhammad Taqi Khan Farahani, known as Amir Kabir.
The death of Sayyid Mirza Ali Aqa Shirazi, a jurist and seminary teacher.
The death of Muhammad Vaez-Zadeh Khorasani.
The death of Hulagu Khan, the Mongol Ilkhan.
The completion of Jami' al-Ruwat by Muhammad Ali Ardabili.
The death of Mirza Hasan Aliyari, a religious scholar and seminary teacher.
The issuance of Mirza Muhammad Taqi Shirazi's fatwa against British occupation and in support of the liberation of Iraq.
The establishment of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought.
The death of Muhammad Ibrahim Arafi.
Hamid Karzai's endorsement of Afghanistan's Shi'a Personal Status Law.
The execution of Nimr Baqir al-Nimr, a Shi'a scholar and critic of the Saudi government.
The Battle of Banu Nadir, one of the Prophet Muhammad's military expeditions against the Jewish tribe of Banu Nadir in Medina.
The death of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi, a Muslim mystic and Sufi.
The killing of Shaykh Khalifa Mazandarani, a Sufi leader associated with the Sarbadar uprising in Khorasan.
The birth of Sayyid Hasan Taheri Khorramabadi, a member of Iran's Assembly of Experts.
The death of Abolqasem Gorgi.
The arrival of Lady Fatimah al-Ma'sumah (SA) in Qom.
The death of Muhammad Hasan Muzaffar.
The death of Mirza Jawad Aqa Tehrani.
The death of Sayyid Ali Al-e Ishaq.
An Israeli attack on the Shi'a-majority Dahiyeh area.
The martyrdom of Abbas Nilforoushan, a senior Iranian military adviser.
The mass killing of members of the Ismaili community.
The announcement of the death of Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah.
The Battle of Dumat al-Jandal.
The death of Sayyid Murtada, a jurist.
The death of Muhammad Reza Moravvej Tabasi.
The death of Mehdi Ha'eri Yazdi.
The death of Davoud Firohi, a seminary and university professor.
The death of Ayatollah Muhammad Ja'far Araki, a seminary teacher.
The peace agreement between Imam Hasan (AS) and Muawiyah.
The death of Abu al-Makarim Zanjani.
The death of Muhammad Baqir Olfat Isfahani.
The death of Sayyid Abul Fazl Mirmohammadi.
The death of Sayyid Mohsen Tabatabaei Hakim.
The assassination and death of Ezzedine Salim.
Iran's missile attack against Israel under Operation True Promise 2.
The end of the Sasanian dynasty.
Shah Abbas Safavid's capture of Baghdad and the defeat of the Ottoman forces.
The death of Sayyid Muhammad Firoozabadi.
The death of Mirza Ahmad Amini, father of Allamah Amini.
The death of Aqa Husayn Shahroudi, a seminary teacher.
The death of Ali Safaei Haeri, a religious scholar.
The death of Sayyid Husayn Tabatabaei Bahr al-Ulum.
A terrorist attack by armed assailants on the Shah Cheragh shrine.
The reported birth of Imam Husayn (AS).
The death of Muhammad Heydaji Zanjani.
The death of Sayyid Hasan Faqih Emami.
The death of Zaynab bint Khuzaymah, wife of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), in Medina.
Rabi' al-Awwal is associated with numerous milestones in Islamic history, including the Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) migration, his arrival in Medina, the birth of the Prophet according to different historical traditions, and the births of important members of the Ahl al-Bayt. The month also marks the beginning of the Imamate of Imam al-Mahdi (AJ) according to Shi'a tradition.
Because different Islamic historical and religious sources sometimes assign different dates to certain events, the dates above should be understood as dates reported in particular historical or religious traditions rather than universally accepted dates.
