Shia days of remembrance

Following page lists various days of celebration/mourning/remembrance of Shi'a Muslims.

Twelver

Following is list of days of celebration/mourning/remembrance as observed by Shi'a Twelver Muslims:

List of celebration/mourning/remembrance as observed by Shi'a Twelver Muslims
Date	Type	Event(celebration/mourning/remembrance)	Remark/Notes
Muharram
1	M	Mourning of Muharram starts	continues for 2 months and 8 days until the 8th of Rabi-al-awwal
2	M	Arrival of Imam Hussain in Karbalā, 61 A.H.
3	M	Water supply to Imam Husain & his companions was stopped in Karbalā
7	M	Stored water in the tents runs out
9	M	Tassooa/Shab-e-A'ashoora	Night of A'ashoora
10	M	A'ashoora	Martyrdom of Imam Hussain & his companions, 61 A.H.
10	M	Shaam-e-Ghariba	Evening of A'ashoora
12	M	Siyyum of Shaheed-e-Karbala	3rd day of A'ashoora
17	R	Aam-ul-feel	Abraha attacked on Ka'aba
18	R	Qibla was changed from Bait-ul-Muqqaddas to Ka'bah, 2 A.H.
20	M	10th day of A'ashoora
25	M	Martyrdom of Imam Zain-ul-Abideen, 95 A.H.
29/30	M	20th day of A'ashoora
Safar
1	R	Battle of Sif'feen, 37 A.H.
1	M	prisoners of Karbalā entered Yazid's palace in Syria
7	R	Birth of Imam Musa-e-Kazim, 128 A.H.	Due to mourning span it is not celebrated.
10	M	martyrdom of Janab-e-Sakina, youngest daughter of Hussain ibn Ali and a prisoner of Karbalā
	M	30th day of A'ashoora
	R	Victory to Ali in the Battle of Nahrawan
12	R	Birth of Janab-e-Salman-e-Farsi
17	M	Martyrdom of Imam Ali Reza, 203 A.H.	According to some scholars 29 Safar or 23rd Zul'Hijjah
20	M	Ar'baeen/Chehlum	40th day of A'ashoora
28	M	Wafat of Muhammad, 11 A.H.
28	M	Martyrdom of Imam Hasan, 50 A.H.
Rabi-al-awwal
1	R	Hijrat (migration) of Muhammad
5	R	Wafat of Janab-e-Masooma-e-Qum
8	M	Martyrdom of Imam Hasan Askari, 260 A.H.
9	C	Eid-e-Zahra
9	C	Imamat day of Imam-e-Zaman(a.t.f.s.)
14	R	Yazid (l.a.) was killed
15	R	First mosque (Quba Mosque) was established, 1 A.H.
17	C	Birth of Muhammad, 53 B.H.
17	C	Birth of Imam Jafar-as-Sadiq, 83 A.H.
18	R	Birth of Janab-e-Umm-e-Kulsum Bint-e-Ali
Rabi-al-aakhir
8	C	Birth of Imam Hasan Askari, 232 A.H.
Jamadi-al-awwal
1	R	Death of Harun Rashid
10	R	Battle of the Camel
14	M	Martyrdom of Janab-e-Fatima-az-Zahra, 11 A.H.	According to some scholars on 13th of same month or 3rd Jamadi-ul-Aakhir
15	C	Birth of Imam Zain-ul-Abideen(a.s), 37 A.H.	According to some scholars on 15th of Jamadi-ul-Aakhir or 5th Shabaan
Jamadi-al-aakhir
13	R	death of Umm ul-Banin (mother of Abbas ibn Ali)
20	C	Birth of Janab-e-Fatima-az-Zahra, 8 B.H.
26	M	Martyrdom of Imam Ali Naqi(a.s)	According to some scholars on 3rd of Rajab
Rajab
1	C	Birth of Imam Mohammed Baqir, 57 A.H.
7	C	Birth of Hazrat Abbas, 36 A.H.	According to some scholars on 4th Shabaan
10	C	Birth of Imam Mohammad Taqi, 195 A.H.
13	C	Birth of Imam Ali, 23 B.H.
15	M	Martyrdom of Imam Jafar-as-Sadiq
18	R	Wafat Hazrat Ibrahim
20	C	Birth of Janab-e-Sakina
22	C	Koo'nda (table cloth dinner)	Niyaz/Nazr of Imam Jafar-as-Sadiq
24	R	Birth of Janab-e-Ali-Asgar
25	M	Martyrdom of Imam Musa-e-Kazim
26	R	Wafat of Hazrat Abu Talib
27	C	Eid-e-Meraj/Yaum-e-Be'asat
28	M	Imam Husayn ibn ‘Alī started his journey to Karbalā from Medina, 60 A.H.
Shaban
1	C	Birth of Janab-e-Zainab, 6 A.H.
3	C	Birth of Imam Hussain, 4 A.H.
4	C	Birth of Hazrat Ghazi Abbas A S.
5	R	Birth of Janab-e-Ali Akbar
5	R	death of Janab-e-Fizza, the hand-maiden (Qaneez) of Janab-e-Fatima-az-Zahra
7	R	Birth of Janab-e-Qasim
14	R	Shab-e-Ba'raat
15	C	Birth of Imam-e-Zaman(a.t.f.s.)
Ramzan
4	R	Nuzool Tawrait	the Torah (Tawrat) was bestowed on Moses (Musa)
10	R	death of Janab-e-Khadijat-ul-Kubra – first wife of Muhammed
12	R	Nuzool Injeel	Gospel (Injil) was bestowed on Jesus (Isa)
15	R	Birth of Imam Hasan
17	R	Battle of Badr, first battle of Islam was won by the Muslims
18	R	Nuzool Zuboor	the Psalms (Zabur) were bestowed on David (Dawood)
19	M	Shab-e-Qadr Yaum-e-Zarbat	Imam Ali(a.s) was struck on the head by a sword and wounded, 40 A.H.
20	R	Fateh Mecca	Conquest of Mecca
21	M	Shab-e-Qadr Martyrdom of Imam Ali, 40 A.H.	Imam Ali(a.s) died due to injuries he sustained by a sword
22	R	Nuzool Quran	the Quran was bestowed on Muhammed
xx	R	Jumaatulwida	last Friday of Ramzan
Shawwal
1	C	Eid-ul-Fitr
2	R	Battle of the Trench (Khandak)
8	M	Yaum-e-Gham	Janat-ul-Baqi destroyed by Ibn Saud(l.a.)
9	R	Janab-e-Khadijat-ul-Kubra married to Muhammed
10	R	Ghaibat-e-Kubra-e-Imam-e-Zaman(a.t.f.s.)
15	R	Shahadat of Hazrat Hamzah in Battle of Uhud, 3 A.H.	According to Mafatih & Allama Jawadi
29	R	Birth of Hazrat Abu Talib
Zilqad
1	R	Birth of Janab-e-Masoom-e-Qum
6	R	Treaty of Hudaibiya was executed, 6 A.H.
11	C	Birth of Imam Ali Reza, 148 A.H.
25	R	Eid-e-Dahwool-e-Arz	The earth was spread
	R	Khana Ka'ba was established
	R	Birth of Hazrat Ibrahim
	R	Birth of Hazrat Isa
29	M	Martyrdom of Imam Mohammad Taqi, 220 A.H.
Zilhaj
1	R	Sayeda Fatima married to Hazrat Ali, 2 B.H.
3	R	Renunciation of Hazrat Adam accepted
7	M	Martyrdom of Imam Mohammad Baqir, 114 A.H.
8	M	Imam Hussain started from Mecca to Karbala, 60 A.H.
9	R	Day of Arafah	It is also a day of supererogatory fasting.
9	M	Martyrdom of Janab-e-Muslim ibn Aqil & Hazrat Hani ibn Urwah in Kufa, 60 A.H.
10	C	Eid-uz-Zuha
15	C	Birth of Imam Ali Naqi(a.s), 212 A.H.	According to some scholars on 2nd Rajab or 5th Rajab
16	M	Wafat of Janab-e-Zainab
18	C	Eid-e-Ghadeer
19	R	Sayeda Fatima went to Hazrat Ali's house after their marriage
23	R	Martyrdom of Farzand-e-Muslim, 60 A.H.
24	C	Eid-e-Mubahila
27	R	Wafat of Janab-e-Meesum-e-Tammaar, 60 A.H.
Type symbols: C = Celebration, M = Mourning, R = Remembrance; Source: Jaffery Welfare Trust: 2009 Islamic calendar & various other calendars and almanacs.

References

Jaffery Welfare Trust: 2009 Islamic calendar

Muslim holidays and observances

The two Eids	Eid al-Fitr Eid al-Adha

Other holidays and observances	Day of Arafah Day of Ashura Islamic New Year Arba'een¹ Mawlid Lailat al Miraj Mid-Sha'ban Ramadan Laylat al-Qadr Eid al-Ghadir¹ Mubahala¹ Promised Messiah Day² Promised Reformer Day² Caliphate Day²

¹ Shia Muslim only ² Ahmadi Muslim only

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