26 Muharram
Death of Ali al-Khayr (Ali b. al-Hasan al-Muthallath)
This year
26 Muharram 1448 · Expected — subject to moon sighting
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Dates year by year
| Hijri | Gregorian | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Muharram 1447 | Expected | |
| 26 Muharram 1448 | Expected | |
| 26 Muharram 1449 | Expected | |
| 26 Muharram 1450 | Expected |
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 twenty-sixth of Muharram is not settled. The sources disagree on both the name and the year of the person remembered, giving Ali al-Khayr in 146 AH and Ali b. al-Hasan al-Muthallath in 144 AH, and one of them carries the siege of Mecca in 64 AH as the day's main entry instead. The Centre lists the day without presenting any one reading as settled.
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.