Sha'aban
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Sha'aban (Arabic: شعبان ) is the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.
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This is the months of ‘separation’, so called because the pagan Arabs used to disperse in search of water. On the fifteenth night of this month falls the Shab-i-Barat: ‘The Night of Records’; some people think that on this night Muhammad told his followers that God records all the deeds that the humans have to perform for the next year. However, there is no Quranic or Hadith evidence to support this.
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[edit] Timing
The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar calendar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Sha'aban migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start and end dates for Sha'aban are as follows (all future dates are estimates):
- 1426 AH – First day: September 5, 2005; last day: October 3, 2005
- 1427 AH – First day: August 26, 2006; last day: September 23, 2006
- 1428 AH – First day: August 15, 2007; last day: September 12, 2007
- 1429 AH – First day: August 4, 2008; last day: September 1, 2008
[edit] Islamic Events
Shi'a Muslims celebrate the birth dates of the following personalities during this month:
- 01 Sha'aban, Zaynab bint Ali daughter of Imam Ali was born.
- 03 Sha'aban, The third Imam Husayn ibn Ali was born.
- 04 Sha'aban, Abbas ibn Ali, son of Ali ibn Abi Talib was born.
- 05 Sha'aban, The fourth Imam Ali ibn Husayn. (Some other source)
- 05 Sha'aban, Hazrat Fiza the Qaneez of Fatima Zahra, died.
- 07 Sha'aban, Qasim, son of second Shi'a Imam Hassan ibn Ali was born.
- 11 Sha'aban, Ali Akbar, son of third Shi'a Imam Hasayn was born.
- 14 Sha'aban, Praying night known as Shab-e-Barat observed by Muslims.
- 15 Sha'aban (Mid-Sha'ban),
- The twelfth Shia Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, was born.
- According to Shias, one of the four possible dates for Laylatul Qadr.
