Shawwal
| Shawwal | |
|---|---|
 Eid al-Fitr celebration inBangladesh | |
| Native name | شَوَّال(Arabic) |
| Calendar | Islamic calendar |
| Month number | 10 |
| Number of days | 29-30 (depends on actual observation of the moon's crescent) |
| Significant days | Eid al-Fitr |
| Islamic calendar |
|---|
| Months |
Shawwal(Arabic:شَوَّال,Šawwāl) is the tenth month of thelunarIslamic calendar.Shawwālstems from the Arabic verbshāla(شَالَ), which means to 'lift or carry',[1]generally to take or move things from one place to another. The month was so named because a femalecamelwould normally be carrying afetusat this time of year inpre-Islamic Arabia.[citation needed]
Fasting during Shawwāl[edit]
The first day of Shawwāl isEid al-Fitr;fasting is prohibited. SomeMuslimsobserve six days of optionalfastingduring Shawwāl beginning the day after Eid ul-Fitr since fasting is prohibited on this day. These six days of fasting together with theRamadanfasts are equivalent to fasting all year round. The reasoning behind this tradition is that a good deed in Islam is rewarded 10 times, hence fasting 30 days during Ramadan and 6 days during Shawwāl is equivalent to fasting the wholeyearin fulfillment of this obligation.[2]
The Shia scholars of theJa'fari schooldo not place any emphasis on the six days being consecutive, while among the Sunnis, the majority ofShafi`ischolars consider it recommended to fast these days consecutively. They based this on a hadith related by Tabarani and others, whereinMuhammadis reported to have said, "Fasting six consecutive days after Eid al-Fitr is like fasting the entire year."[1]Other traditional scholarly sources among theHanafiyyaandHanbaliyyado not place an emphasis on consecutive days, while the strongest opinion of theMalikiyyaprefers any six days of the month, consecutively or otherwise.
Timing[edit]
TheIslamic calendaris a purelylunar calendar,and its months begin when the firstcrescentof anew moonis sighted. Since the Islamiclunar yearis 11 to 12 days shorter than thesolar year,Shawwāl migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start and end dates for Shawwāl, based on theUmm al-Qura calendarof Saudi Arabia, are:[3]
| AH | First day (CE/AD) | Last day (CE/AD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1443 | 2 May 2022 | 30 May 2022 |
| 1444 | 21 April 2023 | 20 May 2023 |
| 1445 | 10 April 2024 | 8 May 2024 |
| 1446 | 30 March 2025 | 28 April 2025 |
| 1447 | 20 March 2026 | 17 April 2026 |
Islamic events[edit]
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- Every 1st day of Shawwāl,Eid al-Fitris celebrated throughout the Muslim World for three consecutive days until the 3rd day of this month (but celebrations of the festival lasts until the 29th/30th day as per the festive season's duration).
- 07 Shawwāl 3 AH, early Muslims took part in theBattle of Uhud.
- 10 Shawwal, birth ofAhmed Raza Khan.
- 13 Shawwāl, primary traditionist of the Sunni Muslims,Muhammad al-Bukhari,was born in 194 AH.
- 18 Shawwal,ursof Sufi Mystic And PoetAmir Khusro.
- 22 Shawwāl 1284 AH, death ofHaji Dost Muhammad Qandhari,an Afghan Sufi master ofNaqshbanditradition.
- 25 Shawwāl 148 AH, martyrdom of ImāmJa‘far as-Sādiq.
Notes[edit]
- ^abYaşaroğlu, M.Kâmıl (2010).ŞEVVAL- An article published in 39th volume of Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam(in Turkish). Vol. 39 (Serif Pasa - Tanzanya). Istanbul:TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi.p. 34.ISBN978-97-53-89632-0.Retrieved20 January2022.
- ^[1]Islam online.ArchivedFebruary 22, 2011, at theWayback Machine
- ^Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia
