Important Dates

Muharram-al-Haram

1st     Shahadat Hazrat Umar Farooque RadiAllahu Anh
         Wisaal Shaikh Abul Hassan Ali Bikhaari Rahmatullah Alaihe(Baghdad)
2nd    Wisaal Hazrat Ma’roof khirki Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)
4th     Wisaal Khwaja Hassan Basri Rahmatullah Alaihe
5th     Urs Hazrat Baba Fariduddin Ganj-e-Shakar Rahmatullah Alaihe (Pakistan)
8th     Urs Hazrat Moulana Hasmat Ali Khan Rahmatullah Alaihe (Pillibit)
10th   Shahadat Hazrat Imam Hussain Radi Allaho Anh(Karbala)
14th   Urs Huzoor Mufti-e-Azam Hind Rahmatullah Alaihe (Bareilly)
18th   Wisaal Hazrat Zainul Abideen Rahmatullah Alaihe (Madinah)
19th   Wisaal Sayyed Ahmed Jilani Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)
20th   Hazrat Shah Wali-ullah Dhelvi Rahmatullah Alaihe
28th   Urs Makhdoom Sayyed Ashraf Jahangir Simnani Rahmatullahi Alaih (Kicchouccha)

Events that took place on 10th Muharram (Ashurah)

Repentance of Hazrat Adam Alaihis Salam was accepted by Allah Hazrat Nuh Alaihis Salam and his followers were saved from the floods

Hazrat Ibrahim Alaihis Salam was born – He received the title of Khalil-ullah (Friend of Allah) – By the orders of Allah, the fire into which he was thrown by Namrud became cool and a means of safety for him.

Allah removed Hazrat Ayyub Alaihis Salam from distress and he was restored to prosperity

Hazrat Imam Hussain RadiAllahu Anh was martyred on the battlefield of Karbala in Iraq.
Allah created the heavens and the Earth On this very day the Day of Judgement shall be established

Safar-ul-Muzaffar

1st     Urs Haji Waris Ali Shah Rahmatullah Alaihe (Barah Banki, UP)
11th   Urs Hazrat Ibrahim Raza Jilani Rahmatullah Alaihe (Bareilly)
18th   Urs Daata Ganj Baksh Rahmatullah Alaihe (Lahore)
19th   Wisaal Sayed Ahmed Rahmatullah Alaihe (Kaalpi)
25th   Urs A’la Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baraily)
26th   Urs Sayyed Hassan Jilani Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)
27th   Wisaal Hazrat Salahuddeen Ayyubi Rahmatullah Alaihe (Damascus)
28th   Shahadat Hazrat Imam Hassan Radi Allahu Anh(Madinah)
         Urs Imam Rabbani Mujaddid-e-Alf-e-Thaani Rahmatullahi Alaih (Punjab)

Rabi-ul Awwal

2nd    Urs Hazrat Khwaja Baha’uddeen Shoharwardi Rahmatullah Alaihe
6th     Wisaal Hazrat Sayyed Ahmed Badsha Peer Rahmatullah Alaihe (Durban)
12th   Eid Meelad-un-Nabi(Birth of Holy Prophet)Sal Allaho Alaihe Wasallam
13th   Urs Hazrat Ala’uddeen Ali Ahmed Saabir Kalyari Rahmatullah Alaihe (Kalyar)
14th   Urs Hazrat Khwaja Qutbuddeen Bakhtiyar Kaki Rahmatullah Alaihe (Delhi)
22nd  Wisaal Hazrat Shaikh Abdul Haq Dhelivi Rahmatullah Alaihe (Delhi)
25th   Urs Hazrat Achai Miya Marerwi Rahmatullah Alaihe (Marerah)
26th   Urs Hazrat Bu Shah Ali Qalandar Rahmatullah Alaihe
27th   Hazrat Mohiyuddeen Abu Nasr Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)

Rabi-ul Akhir

5th     Urs Hazrat Sayyed Shah Ibrahim Irji Rahmatullah Alaihe (Delhi)
7th     Wisaal Imam Maalik Rahmatullah Alaihe (Madinah)
11th   Giyarwee Sharif – Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)
14th   Wisaal Imam Muhammad Ghazzali Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)
15th   Urs Shah Raza Ali Khan Rahmatullah Alaihe (Bareilly)
19th   Urs Mehboob-e-Elahi Hazrat Khwaja Nizamuddeen Auwliya Rahmatullah Alaihe (Delhi)
21st    Urs Sayyedi Ismail Hassan Marerwi (Marerah) Rahmatullah Alaihe

Events that took place in Rabbi-ul Akhir

On the 14th Salaah (Namaaz) was made compulsory (Aja-e-bul Makhlukat p.45).

On the 11th the most respectable, honourable and most learned scholar, and saint, sufi and gnostic of Islam is remembered throughout the Muslim world: Sayyiduna Qutb-ul-Aqtab Ghaus al-Azam al-Sheikh ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani ‘al-Hassani al-Hussaini RadiAllahu Anh.

Jumada al-Ula

6th      Urs Sayyedi Huzoor Mujaddid-e-Millat Rahmatullah Alaihe (Orissa)
17th    Urs Hujjatul Islam Huzoor Hamid Raza Khan Rahmatullah Alaihe (Bareilly)
22nd   Urs Hazrat Sayyed Ahmed Kabeer Rifaee Rahmatullah Alaihe

Events that took place in Jumada al-Ula

On the 8th of this month Hazrat Ali ibn Abu Talib RadiAllahu Anh was born.

Jumada ul-Ukhra

1st       Urs Hazrat Sayyidi Hafiz-e-Millat Rahmatullah Alaihe (Mubarakpur)
5th       Wisaal Hazrat Moulana Jallaluddeen Rumi Rahmatullah Alaihe (Konya, Turkey)
8th       Urs Hazrat Shah Makhdoom Ali Mahimi Rahmatullah Alaihe (Mumbai)
11th     Urs Sayyedi A’l-e-Mustafa Marerwi Rahmatullah Alaihe (Marerah)
16th     Urs Sayyed Shah-e-Aalam Rahmatullah Alaihe (Ahmedabad)
22nd    Wisaal Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique Rahmatullah Alaihe (Madinah)
25th     Urs Hazrat Taj-ul Ulema Rahmatullah Alaihe
26th     Wisaal Hazrat Abdul Wahid Tamimi Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)

Events that took place in Jumada al-Ukhra On the 1st of this month Hazrat Jibra’eel Alaihis Salam visited The Holy Prophet SalAllahu Alaihe Wasallam for the first time.

On the 20th the beloved daughter of The Holy Prophet SalAllahu Alaihe Wasallam, Hazrat Fatima Zahrah RadiAllahu Anha was born.

On the 22nd Hazrat Umar ibn al-Khattab RadiAllahu Anh became the caliph of Islam.

On the 9th Hazrat Imam Jafer Sadiq RadiAllahu Anh was born.

On the 14th Hazrat Musa bin Jafer RadiAllahu Anh was born.

Rajab

2nd     Urs Hazrat Sufi Saheb Rahmatullah Alaihe (Durban, South Africa)
4th      Wisaal Hazrat Imam Shafi’ee Rahmatullahi Alaih
6th      Urs Hazrat Khwaja Garib Nawaz Rahmatullah Alaihe (Ajmer)
11th    Urs Hazrat Sayyidi Abul Hussain Muhammad Noori Rahmatullah Alaihe (Marehrah)
11th    Sayyed Shah Ali Hussain Ashrafi Rahmatullah Alaihe (Kicchauccha)
13th    Wisaal Sayyed Musa Jilani Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)
14th    Urs Hazrat Sayyed Salaar Mas’oud Ghazi Rahmatullah Alaihe (Bahra’ich / India)
22nd   Hazrat Qazi Ziauddeen Rahmatullah Alaihe (Lucknow)
25th    Imam Moosa Qazim Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)
26th    Lailatul Me’raj Rahmatullah Alaihe (The Night of Ascension)
27th    Hazrat Shaikh Junaid Baghdadi Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)
          Shaikh Abu Saleh Nasar Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)

Events that took place in Rajab-ul-Murajjab

On the 1st of this month Hazrat Nuh Alaihis Salam boarded the Ark.

On the 4th the Battle of Safine took place.

On the 27nd The Holy Prophet Alaihis Salam travelled from Masjid-e-Haraam (Makkah) to Masjid-e-Aqsa (Jerusalem), then up through the seven skies and to the throne of Allah (The Night of Ascension).

In this month Allah showers his blessings and opens the doors of forgiveness and he also accepts sincere supplications. (Aja-e-bul Makhlukat p.45).

Sha’baan

1st       Moulana Sardaar Ahmed Rahmatullah Alaihe (Pakistan)
2nd      Wisaal Imam Azam Abu Hanifa Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)
3rd       Hazrat Meer Sayyed Ahmed Rahmatullah Alaihe (Kalpi)
3rd       Hazrat Shaikh Abul Farah Tartoosi Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)
6th       Urs Hazrat Baba Rehan Rahmatullah Alaihe (Bharuch)
14th     Urs Hazrat Sayyed Muhammad Khalid Shah Rahmatullah Alaihe Chishti Sabri)
14th     Shab-e-Baraat (The Night of Praise and Blessings)
16th     Urs Hazrat Baba Eidrus Shah Rahmatullah Alaihe (Bharuch)
22nd    Urs Hazrat Allama Mufti Qari Ahmed Hasan Sambhali Rahmatullah Alaihe (Sambhal)
25th     Meer Sayyed Muhammad Rahmatullah Alaihe (Kalpi)
27th     Shaikh Abu Saeed Makhzoomi Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)

Events that took place in Sha’baan

On the 5th of this month Hazrat Sayyiduna Imam Hussain (Radi Allaho Anh ) was born.

On the 15th of this month is Shab-e-Baraat (night of praise and blessings), when many Muslims are forgiven by Allah.

On the 16th of this month The Holy Prophet (Sal Allaho Alaihe Wasallam ) was ordered to change the direction of the Qibla, from Masjid-e-Aqsa (Jerusalem) to Masjid-e-Haraam (Ka’aba Muazzamah) (Aja-e-bul Makhlukat p. 47).

Ramadan al-Mubarak

1st      Birth of Hazrat Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)
3rd      Wisaal Khatoon-e-Jannat Fatimah Zahrah RadiAllahu Anha (Madinah)
10th    Wisaal Ummul Mo’mineen Khadija-tul Kubrah RadiAllahu Anha (Makkah)
13th    Wisaal Hazrat Sirri Saqti Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)
14th    Wisaal Hazrat Sayyed Shah Ale Hamza Rahmatullah Alaihe (Marerah)
           Wisaal Hazrat Shamsuddeen Ale Ahmed Rahmatullah Alaihe (Marerah)
           Wisaal Hazrat Bayazeed Bustami Rahmatullahi Alaih
16th    Wisaal Hazrat Sayyed Shah Ale Muhammad Rahmatullah Alaihe (Marerah)
17th    Wisaal Sayyeda Aisha Siddiqah RadiAllahu Anhuma (Madinah)
17th    The Battle of Badr
           Wisaal Hazrat Sayyed Muhammad Iqbal Shah Chisti Sabri Rahmatullahi Alaih
18th    Urs Rehani Miya (Bareilly)
21st    Hazrat Ali Radi Allaho Anh Martyred (shaheed) (Najaf Ashraf
21st    Wisaal Imam Ali bin Musa Raza Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)
27th    Lailat-ul Qadr (The Night of Power)
27th    Urs Hazrat Shaikh Salim Chisti Rahmatullah Alaihe (Delhi)
30th    Urs Shaikh Jamaal-ul-Awliya Rahmatullah Alaihe (Rampur)

Events that took place in Ramadan

On the 1st of Ramadan the doors of Paradise are opened and the doors of Hell are closed. Also the large devils (Shaitan) are shackled in chains until the end of the month.

On the 3rd of this month a holy book (Sahifa) was revealed upon Hazrat Ibrahim Alaihis-Salam.

On the 6th The Torah was revealed upon Hazrat Musa Alaihis-Salam.

On the 18th of Ramadan the Zaboor was revealed to Hazrat Dawood Alaihis-Salam.

On the 13th The Injeel (Bible) was revealed to Hazrat Issa Alaihis-Salam.

On the 27nd of Ramadan The Holy Qu’ran was revealed upon The Beloved Prophet SalAllahu Alaihe Wasallam.

On the 17th of Ramadan the holy city of Makkah was conquered by the Muslims

On the 27th of this month the Battle of Badr took place in which angels were sent down to help The Holy Prophet SalAllahu Alaihe Wasallam.

On the last day of Ramadan Allah frees the same number of people from Hell as he has released from the beginning of Ramadan (Aja-e-bul Makhlukat p.46).

Shawwal

1st       Eid-ul-Fitr
5th      Urs Hazrat Makhdoom Yahya Manyeri Rahmatullahi Alaih
6th       Sayyed Taajuddeen Abdur-Razaak Baghdadi Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)
6th       Urs Khwaja Usman Harooni Rahmatullahi Alaih
10th     Birth of A’la Hazrat Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Rahmatullah Alaihe (Bareilly)
16th     Wisaal Hazrat Aurangzeb Alamgir Rahmatullahi Alaih
17th     Urs Hazrat Ameer Khusro Rahmatullah Alaihe (Delhi)
20th     Sayyidah Ruqayyah RadiAllahu Anhuma
22nd    Imam Jafar Saadiq (Madinah)
23rd     Hazrat Sayyed Ali Jilani (Baghdad)

Events that took place in Shawwal

On the 1st of this month is Eid-ul-Fitr, which is a celebration to mark the end of Ramadan.

On this day:
– Allah showers his blessings upon his servants
– Allah inspired the bees to make honey
– Allah created Paradise
– Allah called Hazrat Jibra’eel (Alaihe Salam ) to take his revelations to his messengers
– The Magicians of Pharoah (Firaun) repented for their sins (Gunniyatut Talibin vol. 2 p. 18)
On the 17th of Shawwal the Battle of Uhud took place in which Hazrat Amir Hamza (Radi Allaho Anh ) was martyred. From the 25th of Shawwal to the end of the month the followers of Hazrat Aad were subjected to the wrath and punishment of Allah.

Dhul Q’adah

2nd      Urs Shadru-Shariah Moulana Amjad Ali Ghausi Rahmatullah Alaihe
9th       Wisaal Hazrat Sayyed Muhammad Shah Bhikhari Rahmatullah Alaihe (Kakauri)
14th     Urs Hazrat Shah Fazlullah Rahmatullah Alaihe (Kalpi)
29th     Wisaal Hazrat Moulana Naqi Ali Khan Rahmatullah Alaihe

Events that took place in Dhul Q’adah

On the 1st of this month Allah ordered Hazrat Musa Alaihis-Salam to leave his followers for a period of 30 days, which was extended to 40 days, so that he could receive the holy book – The Torah.

On the 5th Hazrat Ibrahim Alaihis-Salam and his son Hazrat Ismail Alaihis-Salam started to rebuild the Ka’abah. On the 14th of Zul Q’adah Allah ordered the fish, that swallowed Hazrat Yunus RadiAllahu Anh, to release him from its stomach.

Dhul Hijjah

3rd      Urs Hazrat Zia’uddeen Madani Radawi Rahmatullah Alaihe (Madinah)
6th      Hazrat Khwaja Habib Ali Shah Rahmatullah Alaihe
7th      Wisaal Imam Muhammad Baaqir Radi Allaho Anh(Madinah)
9th      Day of Hajj
10th    Eid-ul-Adha
11th    Urs Shaikh Baha’uddeen Radawi Rahmatullah Alaihe (Dakkan)
11th    Hazrat Imam Uthman Ghani Radi Allaho Anh martyred (shaheed) (Madinah)
18th    Urs Sayyedi A’le Rasool Ahmedi Mahrerwi Rahmatullah Alaihe (Mahrerah)
18th    Urs Moulana Sadrul Fa’azil Na’eemuddeen Moradabadi Rahmatullah Alaihe (Moradabad)
22nd   Urs Moulana Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddique Rahmatullah Alaihe (Madinah)
26th    Hazrat Imam Umar Farooq martyred Radi Allaho Anh(shaheed) (Madinah)
27th    Wisaal Hazrat Abu Bakr Shibli Rahmatullah Alaihe (Baghdad)

Events that took place in Dhul Hijjah

On the 1st of this month Hazrat Fatimah Zahrah RadiAllahu Anha married Hazrat Ali RadiAllahu Anh.

On the 8th of this month Hazrat Ibrahim Alaihis-Salam saw a dream in which he was ordered to sacrifice his son Hazrat Ismail Alaihis-Salam. The following morning he pondered and thought whether this message was from Allah or Shaitan (The Devil)

The 9th of Dhul Hijjah is known as the ‘Day of Arafah’ because Hazrat Ibrahim Alaihis Salam saw the same dream on this night confirming that it was indeed a direct order from Allah Almighty.

On the 10th of Dhul Hijjah Hazrat Ibrahim Alaihis-Salam showed that he was willing to sacrifice his only son for Allah’s sake. When Hazrat Ibrahim Alaihis Salam was about to cut Hazrat Ismail’s Alaihis Salam throat Allah ordered Hazrat Jibra’eel Alaihis Salam to remove Hazrat Ismail Alaihis Salam and place a ram from Paradise beneath the knife. Hence the ram was sacrificed. It for this reason that the tradition of sacrificing an animal on this day continues.

On the 28th of this month Hazrat Ali RadiAllahu Anh became the fourth Caliph of Islam after the demise of Hazrat Uthman-e-Gani Radi-Allahu Anh (Aja-e-bul Makhlukat p. 46).