Important Events Of Zul Hijjah-til-Haraam At A Glance

4^th Zul-Hijjah

The Khalīfah [spiritual successor] of A’lā-Hadrat, the spiritual guide of Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, Sayyidī Qutb-e-Madīnah, Shaykh ‘Allāmah Mawlānā Ziyā al-Dīn Ahmad Madanī Qādirī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه passed away on 4th Zul-Hijjah 1401 AH. (For further information, please see: Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat’s book ‘Sayyidī Qutb-e-Madīnah’ and the Monthly Magazine, Faizān-e-Madīnah Zul Hijjah 1438 and 1439 AH)

7^th Zul-Hijjah

The grandson of Imām Husayn  رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ  and the son of Imām Zayn al-‘Ābidīn رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه Sayyiduna Imām Muhammad Bāqir رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه passed away on 7th Zul-Hijjah 114 AH. The great Imām Abū Hanīfah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه was also blessed with his noble company.

14^th Zul-Hijjah

The respected father of Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ Hājjī ‘Abd al-Rahmān Qādirī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه passed away during Hajj on 14th Zul-Hijjah 1370 AH. (For further information, please see: The Monthly Magazine, Faizan-e-Madinah Zul-Hijjah 1438 AH)

18^th Zul-Hijjah

The Compiler of the Holy Qur’ān, ‘Sāhib al-Hijratayn’ (the one who migrated twice), the Possessor of two Nūrs, the Leader of the Muslims, Sayyiduna ‘Uthmān Ghanī  رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ  was martyred by rebels on 18^th Zul-Hijjah 35 AH. (For further information, please see: Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat’s book ‘Miraculous Wonders of ‘Uthmān Ghanī’ and the Monthly Magazine, Faizān-e-Madīnah Zul-Hijjah 1438, 1439 and 1440 AH)

18^th Zul-Hijjah

The Khalīfah [spiritual successor] of A’lā-Hadrat, Sadr-ul-Afādil, the respected Shaykh ‘Allāmah Mawlānā Na’īm al-Dīn Murādābādī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه passed away on 18 Zul-Hijjah 1367 AH. (For further information, please see: The Monthly Magazine Faizān-e-Madīnah Zul-Hijjah 1438 and 1439 AH and ‘Tazkirah-e-Sadr-ul-Afādil’)

2^nd Zul-Hijjah

Two months after the Battle of Badr in Zul-Hijjah 2 AH, an army of two hundred camel-riders of the non-Muslims of Quraysh marched towards Madīnah Munawwarah. When the Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم heard of this, he pursued them. The non-Muslims of Quraysh fled and their sacks of barley flour fell into the hands of Muslims. In Arabic, barley flour is called Saweeq, which is why this battle was called ‘The Battle of Saweeq.’ (Sharh al-Zurqānī ‘Alā al-Mawāhib, vol. 2, p. 353)

6^th Zul-Hijjah

Sayyidatuna Umm Rūmān رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہَا passed away on 6th Zul-Hijjah, she is amongst the privileged personalities whose grave the Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم himself descended into.  For further information, please see: The Monthly Magazine Faizān-e-Madīnah Zul-Hijjah 1440 AH and ‘Faizān-e-‘Ā’ishah Siddīqah’)

May Allāh Almighty have mercy on them all and forgive us without any accountability for their sake.اٰمِیْن بِجَاہِ النَّبِیِّ الْأَمِیْن صلَّی الله علیه واٰله وسلَّم

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