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Prisoners of Karbalā reach Yazid's palace in Syria
2026-07-15
The Battle of Karbala was fought on 10 October 680 between the army of the second Umayyad Caliph Yazid I and a small army led by Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, at Karbala, modern day Iraq.
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Birth of Imam Musa al-Kadhim, 128 AH
2026-07-21
Musa ibn Ja’far al-Kadhim, also spelled al-Kazim, and also known as Abu al-Hasan, Abu Abd Allah or Abu Ibrahim, was the seventh Imam in Twelver Shia Islam after his father Ja’far al-Sadiq. He is regarded by Shias as a renowned scholar, and was a contemporary of the Abbasid caliphs Al-Mansur, Al-Hadi, Al-Mahdi and Harun al-Rashid. He was imprisoned several times; finally dying in Baghdad in the Sindi ibn Shahak prison. Ali al-Rida, the eighth Imam, and Fatemah al-Ma’sumah were among his children.
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30th day after ʿĀshūrāʾ
2026-07-24
Ashura is an Islamic holiday that occurs on the tenth day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic lunar calendar. For Muslims, Ashura marks the day in which the Islamic prophet Musa was saved by Allah when He parted the Sea while leading the children of Israel to the land of Israel. Furthermore, for Muslims, it marks the day on which the Battle of Karbala took place, resulting in the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a member of the Household of Muhammad.
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⚔️ Victory to Ali in the Battle of Nahrawan
2026-07-24
The Battle of Nahrawan was fought between the army of Caliph Ali and the rebel group called Kharijites in July 658 CE. They were a group of pious allies of Ali during the First Muslim Civil War. They separated from him following the Battle of Siffin when Ali agreed to settle the dispute with Mu’awiya, governor of Syria, through negotiations, a move labeled by the group as against the Qur’an. After failed attempts to regain their loyalty and because of their rebellious and murderous activities, Ali confronted the Kharijites near their headquarters by the Nahrawan Canal, near modern-day Baghdad. Of the 4,000 rebels, some 1,200 were won over with promise of amnesty while majority of the remaining 2,800 were killed in the ensuing battle.
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Martyrdom of Ruqayyah bint Husayn
2026-07-24
Ruqayyah bint Al-Ḥusayn, was the daughter of Husayn ibn Ali and Rubab bint Imra al-Qais. Her brothers included Ali Zayn al-Abidin, Ali al-Akbar, and Ali al-Asghar. Her sisters included Fatimah as-Sughra and Fatimah al-Kubra, with the latter also being called ‘Sakinah’.
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Birth of Salman the Persian
2026-07-26
Salman the Persian or Salman Al-Farsi, born Rouzbeh Khoshnudan, was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the first Persian who converted to Islam. During some of his later meetings with the other Sahabah, he was referred to by the kunya Abu Abdullah. He is credited with the suggestion of digging a trench around Medina, a Sasanian military technique when it was attacked by Mecca in the Battle of the Trench. He was raised as a Zoroastrian, then attracted to Christianity, and then converted to Islam after meeting Muhammad in the city of Yathrib, which later became Medina. According to some traditions, he was appointed as the governor of Al-Mada’in in Iraq. According to popular tradition, Muhammad considered Salman as part of his household. He was a renowned follower of Ali ibn Abi Talib after the death of Muhammad.
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Martyrdom of Ali ar-Ridha, 203 AH
2026-07-31
Ali ibn Musa al-Ridha, also spelled Rida or Reza in Persian, also known as Abu al-Hasan, was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the eighth Imam in Twelver Shia Islam, after his father Musa al-Kadhim, and before his son Muhammad al-Jawad. He was an Imam of knowledge according to the Zaydi (Fiver) Shia school. He is also seen as a major religious figure for many Sunnis, particularly Sufis. He lived in a period when Abbasid caliphs were facing numerous difficulties, the most important of which was Shia revolts. The Caliph Al-Ma’mun sought out a remedy for this problem by appointing Al-Ridha as his successor, through whom he could be involved in worldly affairs. However, according to the Shia view, when Al-Ma’mun saw that the Imam gained even more popularity, he decided to correct his mistake by poisoning him. The Imam was buried at the Imam Reza shrine in a city in Khorasan, which afterwards gained the name Mashhad, meaning “the place of martyrdom”.
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Ar'baeen
2026-08-03
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Arbaʽein, Chehellom is a Shiite religious observance that occurs forty days after the Day of Ashura. It commemorates the martyrdom of Al-Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad, who was martyred on the 10th day of the month of Muharram. Al-Husayn ibn Ali and 71 of his companions were martyred by Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad’s army in the Battle of Karbala in 61 AH.
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Martyrdom of Hasan ibn Ali, 50 AH
2026-08-11
Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, also called Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba by Shia Muslims, was the older son of Ali and Fatimah, and a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is the second Shi’i Imam after his father, Ali. He is considered part of the Ahl al-Bayt as well as the Ahl al-Kisa, and he was a participant in the event of Mubahala. Muhammad described Hasan and his brother, Husayn, as “the masters of the youth of Paradise.” During the caliphate of Ali, Hasan accompanied him in wars. After the assassination of Ali, he was acknowledged caliph.
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Martyrdom of Muhammad, 11 AH
2026-08-11
Muhammad ibn Abdullah was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of the world religion of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet, divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. He is believed to be the final prophet of God in all the main branches of Islam, though some modern denominations diverge from this belief. Muhammad united Arabia into a single Muslim polity, with the Quran as well as his teachings and practices forming the basis of Islamic religious belief.
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Hijrah
2026-08-14
Hegira is a medieval Latin transliteration of the Arabic word meaning “departure” or “migration”, among other definitions. Alternative transliterations of the word include Hijra or Hijrah. The word is commonly used to refer to the journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in the year 622. The year in which the Hijrah took place is also identified as the epoch of the Islamic calendar, which is also known as the Hijri calendar; its date equates to 16 July 622 in the Julian calendar.
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Martyrdom of Fatimah bint Musa
2026-08-17
Fatimah bint Musa, commonly known as Fatimah al-Masumah was the daughter of the seventh Twelver Shia Imam, Musa al-Kadhim and sister of the eighth Twelver Shia Imams, Ali al-Rida. Every year, millions of Shia Muslims travel to Qom to honor Fatima Masumeh at her shrine.
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Martyrdom of Hasan al-Askari, 260 AH
2026-08-21
Hasan ibn Ali al-Askari was a Muslim scholar and the 11th Imam in Twelver Shia Islam, after his father Ali al-Hadi. He is also an important figure to Sunni-Sufis. He was called Abu Muhammad and Ibn al-Ridha. Because Samarra, the city where he lived, was a garrison town, he is generally known as al-Askari. Al-Askari married Narjis Khatun and was kept under house arrest or in prison for most of his life. According to some Shia sources, he was poisoned at the age of 28 on the orders of the Abbasid caliph Al-Mu’tamid and was buried in Samarra. The Twelver Shia are looking forward to the succession of his son, Hujjat-Allah al-Mahdi, as they believe him to be the twelfth Imam, and that he is destined to remove injustice from the world.
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Eid-e-Zahra
2026-08-22
Omar Koshan, also known as Jashn-e Hazrat-e Zahra or Eid-e-Shuja’ is a festival held by some Twelver Shi’a Muslims in Iran, commemorating the assassination of the second caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab by the Persian slave Abu Lu’lu’a Firuz.
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Death of Yazid
2026-08-27
Yazid ibn Mu’awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, commonly known as Yazid I, was the second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate. He ruled from April 680 until his death in November 683. His appointment was the first hereditary succession to the caliphate in Islamic history. His caliphate was marked by the death of Muhammad’s grandson Husayn ibn Ali and the start of the crisis known as the Second Fitna.
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First mosque (Quba Mosque) was established, 1 AH
2026-08-28
The Quba Mosque is a mosque located on the outskirts of Medina, Saudi Arabia. Initially, the mosque was built 6 kilometres off Medina in the village of Quba, before Medina expanded to include this village. Depending on whether the Mosque of the Companions in the Eritrean city of Massawa is older or not, it may be the first mosque in the world that dates to the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the 7th century CE. According to records, its first stones were positioned by Muhammad as soon as he arrived on his emigration from the city of Mecca to Medina, and the mosque was completed by his companions. Muhammad spent 14 days in this mosque praying qaṣr while waiting for Ali to arrive in Medina, after the latter stayed behind in Mecca to safeguard Muhammad’s life and safe escape by sleeping in Muhammad’s bed in his place, an event referred to in the Quran, sura al Baqara verse 207. Also going along with traditional saying, this mosque is said to be where the first Friday prayer was held, led by Muhammad.
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Birth of Ja'far al-Sadiq, 83 AH
2026-08-30
Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq, commonly known as Ja’far al-Ṣādiq, was an 8th-century Muslim scholar. He was the 6th Imam and founder of the Ja’fari school of jurisprudence according to Twelver and Isma’ili Shi’ites. He is also important to Sunnis as a teacher to the Sunni scholars Abu Hanifah and Malik ibn Anas and as a transmitter of Sunni hadith. Ja’far al-Sadiq also figures prominently in the initiatic chains of many Sufi orders.
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Birth of Muhammad, 53 BH
2026-08-30
Mawlid is the observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad which is commemorated primarily on 12th of Rabi’ al-Awwal, the third month in the Islamic calendar.
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Birth of Umm Kulthum bint Ali
2026-08-31
Zaynab al-Sughra, also known by her kunya Umm Kulthum bint Ali, was the granddaughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the daughter of Ali. Whether or not she married Umar is a controversial topic between Sunnis and Shia. She is given the epithet ‘the Younger’ to distinguish her from her older sister, Zaynab the Elder.
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Birth of Hasan al-Askari, 232 AH
2026-09-19

⚔️ Battle of the Camel
2026-10-21
The Battle of the Camel, also known as the Battle of Jamel or the Battle of Basra, took place outside of Basra, Iraq, in 36 AH/656 CE. The battle was fought between the army of the fourth caliph, Ali, on one side, and the rebel army led by Aisha, Talhah and Zubayr, on the other side. Ali was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, whereas Aisha was a widow of Muhammad, and Talhah and Zubayr were both prominent companions of Muhammad.
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Martyrdom of Fatimah bint Muhammad, 11 AH
2026-10-24, 2026-11-13
Fatimah bint Muhammad, commonly known as Fatimah al-Zahra, was born to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Khadijah. Sunni Muslims hold that Fatimah was the youngest of their daughters, whereas Shia Muslims maintain that Fatimah was the only daughter of the couple. Fatimah’s husband was Ali, the fourth of the Rashidun Caliphs and the first Shia Imam. Fatimah’s children include Hasan and Husayn, the second and third Shia Imams, respectively.
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Birth of Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, 37 AH
2026-10-26
Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, also known as al-Sajjad or simply Zayn al-Abidin, was the fourth Imam in Shiʻi Islam after his father Husayn ibn Ali, his uncle Hasan ibn Ali, and his grandfather, Ali. He is considered a respected scholar among Sunnis and hadiths reported by him are recorded in all six major Sunni hadith collections. He was born, according to some sources, from Shahrbanu.
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Death of Umm ul-Banin (mother of Abbas ibn Ali)
2026-11-23
Fāṭimah bint Ḥuzam al-Kulābīyah al-Alawiyyah, better known as ʾUmm al-Banīn, was a wife of Ali ibn Abi Talib. She was from the tribe of Banu Kilab Kalbasi, Khasaes al-Abbasiah,, P. 63 a branch of Qais Ailan tribes.Umm al-Banin married Ali ibn Abi Talib after the death of his first wife Fatimah, daughter of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Umm al-Banin and Ali had four sons, of whom the eldest was Abbas ibn Ali, the commander of Husain ibn Ali’s forces at the Battle of Karbala. Sayyida Ruqayya bint Ali was her daughter. All of Umm al-Banin’s sons were killed later in the battle at Karbala.
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Birth of Fatimah bint Muhammad, 8 BH
2026-11-30

Martyrdom of Ali al-Hadi
2026-12-06
Alī ibn Muḥammad al-Hādī was a Muslim scholar and the tenth of the Twelve Imams after his father Muhammad al-Jawad and before his son Hasan al-Askari. He remained in Medina teaching until the age of 30 when he was summoned to Samarra by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil. There he was treated roughly by the caliph and his successors until, according to Shiite accounts, he was poisoned through intrigue of Al-Mu’tazz the Abbasid caliph, in 254/868, and was buried in Samarra. He is commonly referred to by the title al-Hadi and Alī an-Naqī.
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Birth of Muhammad al-Baqir, 57 AH
2026-12-10
Muhammad al-Baqir full name Muhammad bin ‘Ali bin al-Husayn bin Ali bin Abi Talib, also known as Abu Ja’far or simply al-Baqir (677-733) was the fifth Imam in Shia Islam, succeeding his father Zayn al-Abidin and succeeded by his son Ja’far al-Sadiq. His mother, Fatima Umm Abdallah, was the daughter of Hasan ibn Ali, making him the first Imam descended from both grandsons of Muhammad: Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali. in Naqshbandi order, he is revered as the father of Ja’far al-Sadiq, the sheikh of the Golden Chain.
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Birth of Abbas ibn Ali, 36 AH
2026-12-16
Al-Abbas ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib, also known as Abu al-Fadhl and Qamar Bani Hashim, was a son of Ali and Fatima bint Hizam, commonly known as Umm al-Banin.
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Birth of Muhammad al-Taqi, 195 AH
2026-12-19
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Jawad was the ninth of the Twelve Imams after his father Ali al-Ridha and before his son Ali al-Hadi. He was known as al-Jawād and al-Taqī, but also called Abu Jaʿfar al-Ṯāni, and Ibn al-Ridha. His mother, Sabika, was a slave girl from Nubia from the family of Maria al-Qibtiyya, who was the slave mother of Muhammad’s young son Ibrahim.
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