Safar

Safar (), also spelt as Safer in Turkish, is the second month of the lunar Islamic calendar.

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Safar is the second month in the Islamic calendar, which is based on the lunar cycle rather than the solar year. It's an important part of the Islamic timekeeping system that Muslims use to mark religious observances and historical events.

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Month.image: المدينة المنورة.PNG
Month.caption: Medina, the city to which Muhammad migrated from Mecca (see Hijrah)
Month.calendar: Islamic calendar
Month.num: 2
Month.days: 29 or 30 (depends on actual observation of the moon's crescent)
Month.holidays: Hijrah
Month.prev_month: Muharram
Month.next_month: Rabiʽ al-Awwal

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Safar (), also spelt as Safer in Turkish, is the second month of the lunar Islamic calendar.

Most of the Islamic months were named according to ancient Sabean/Sabaic weather conditions; however, since the calendar is lunar, the months shift by about 11 days every solar year, meaning that these conditions do not necessarily correspond to the name of the month.