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Ramadan
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), communal prayer (salah), reflection, study of the Quran, charity, and strengthening community ties. It is also the month in which the Quran is believed to have been revealed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, known as Laylat al-Qadr. The annual observance of Ramadan is regarded as one of the five pillars of Islam and lasts 29 to 30 days, from one sighting of the crescent moon to the next.
Eid al-Adha
Islamic holiday on the tenth day of Dhu al-Hijja
Mawlid
The Mawlid () is an annual festival commemorating the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad on the traditional date of 12 Rabi' al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar.
Ashura
Ashura (, ), also more formally Yawm Ashura (), is a day of commemoration in Islam. It occurs annually on the tenth of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar.
Night of Power
anniversary of two very important dates in Islam
Islamic holidays
holidays in Islam
Day of Arafat
nineth day of the month of Dhu al-Hijja in Islamic calendar
Mid Sha'ban
'''Mid-Sha'ban' ( or laylat niṣf min šaʿbān'' "night on the half of Sha'ban") is a Muslim holiday observed by Shia and Sunni Muslim communities on the eve of 15th of Sha'ban (i.e., the night following the sunset on the 14th day) — the same night as Shab-e-barat or Laylat al-Bara’ah ().
Mourning of Muharram
Shia Muslim set of rituals
Jumu'ah-tul-Wida
'''Jumu'atul-Wida' ( meaning Friday of farewell, also called 'al-Jumu'ah al-Yateemah' or the orphaned Friday'' Urdu: Al-Widaa Juma) is the last Friday in the month of Ramadan before Eid al-Fitr. This is a holy day for Muslims.
Tasu'a
'''Tasu'a''' () is the ninth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. Tasu'a is followed by Ashura, tenth of Muharram, which marks the death of Husayn ibn Ali, a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam. Husayn refused on moral grounds to pledge his allegiance to the Umayyad caliph Yazid I () and was subsequently killed, alongside most of his male relatives and his small retinue, by the Umayyad army in the Battle of Karbala on Ashura 61 AH (680 CE). Among the Shia minority, mourning for Husayn is viewed as an act of protest against oppression, a struggl
Kandil
Kandil (from ) refers to five Islamic holy nights, celebrated in Ottoman and Muslim Balkan communities, related to the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, when the minarets are illuminated and special prayers are made. It is a tradition dated back to the Ottoman Sultan Selim II of the 16th century, who with the support of the Shaykh al-Islām "Chief Jurisconsult" of the time, thought it was appropriate to light up the minarets on mosques for these blessed occasions.
Shab-e-Barat
Shab-e-Barat () or Nisfu Syaaban (Southeastern Asian Muslims) is a Mid-Sha'ban related religious celebration celebrated in many South Asian, Central Asian, South East Asian and Middle Eastern Muslim countries, on the 15th night (the night on 15th only) of the month of Sha'ban, the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.