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3 Rabi al-Thani 1448Maghrib

10 Shawwal

Battle of Hunayn

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10 Shawwal 1448 · Expected — subject to moon sighting

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10 Shawwal 1447Expected
10 Shawwal 1448Expected
10 Shawwal 1449Expected
10 Shawwal 1450Expected

Hijri months begin by moon sighting, not by calculation. A date marked expected is the calculated one and may move by a day when the Centre confirms the month.

About this day

The Centre lists the Battle of Hunayn on the tenth of Shawwal in the year 8 AH, and the entry is optional rather than one every community keeps. The Twelver sources differ on the date: the account the Centre follows has the Muslims leaving Mecca on the sixth and reaching Hunayn on the evening of the tenth.

Communities differ on this

The Centre’s congregation includes Indian, Pakistani, Irani, Hazara, Iraqi and Afghan families, and they do not all keep this on the same day. The date above is the one the Centre observes; it is not a ruling on anyone else’s.

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