Shawwal

Islamic calendar
Muharram Safar Rabi' al-awwal Rabi' al-thani Jumada al-awwal Jumada al-thani Rajab Sha`ban Ramadan Shawwal Dhu al-Qi'dah Dhu al-Hijjah

Shawwāl (Arabic: شوّال‎) is the tenth month of the lunar Islamic calendar. Shawwāl means to 'lift or carry'; so named because a female camel normally would be carrying a fetus at this time of year.

Fasting during Shawwāl

The first day of Shawwāl is Eid al-Fitr. Some Muslims observe six days of fasting during Shawwāl beginning the day after Eid ul-Fitr since fasting is prohibited on this day. These six days of fasting together with the Ramadan fasts, 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 whole year in terms of reward.^[1]

The Shia scholars do not place any emphasis on the six days being consecutive while among the Sunnis the majority of Shafi`i scholars consider it recommended to fast these days consecutively. They based this on a hadith related by Tabarani and others wherein Muhammad is reported to have said, "Fasting six consecutive days after Eid al-Fitr is like fasting the entire year." Other traditional scholarly sources among the Hanbaliyya and Hanafiyya do not place an emphasis on consecutive days, while the strongest opinion of the Malikiyya prefers any six days of the year, consecutively or otherwise.

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 10 to 11 days shorter than the solar year, Shawwāl migrates throughout the seasons. The actual and estimated start and end dates for Shawwāl are as follows:

CE / AD	AH	First day	Last day
2014	1435	28 July	26 August
2015	1436^[2]	17 July	15 August
2016	1437^[2]	6 July	3 August
2017	1438^[2]	25 June	23 July
2018	1439^[2]	15 June	13 July
2019	1440^[2]	4 June	3 July
2020	1441^[2]	24 May	21 June
2021	1442^[2]	13 May	10 June
2022	1443^[2]	2 May	30 May
2023	1444^[2]	21 April	20 May
2024	1445^[2]	10 April	8 May
Shawwāl dates between 2014 and 2024 are estimates. Dates may vary.

Islāmic Events

01 Shawwāl, Eid al-Fitr is celebrated throughout the Muslim World.
08 Shawwāl, the destruction of Jannatul Baqee' [Baqee' Holy Graveyard] and Jannatul Mualla on 8 Shawwal 1926 by the Saudi government
13 Shawwāl, primary traditionist of the Sunni Muslims, Muhammad al-Bukhari, was born in 194 AH.
14 Shawwāl, birth of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, 1250.
17 Shawwāl, early Muslims took part in the Battle of Uhud
22 Shawwāl 1284 AH, death of Haji Dost Muhammad Qandhari, an Afghan Sufi master of Naqshbandi tradition
25 Shawwāl, martyrdom of Shia Imām, Ja‘far as-Sādiq
29 Shawwāl, Abu Talib ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib was born.

Notes

↑ Islam online. Archived February 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Predicted by the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia

External links

Months of the Islamic calendar (AH)

Muharram Safar Rabi' I Rabi' II Jumada I Jumada II Rajab Sha`ban Ramadan Shawwal Dhu al-Qi'dah Dhu al-Hijjah

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