On this day in Hijri history
Today is 4 Rabiʿ II 1448 AH per the Umm al-Qura calendar. No event is documented for today itself — this is a highlight from the month.
☾ 8 Rabiʿ II 561 AH A key event of Rabiʿ II
The death of Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qadir al-Jilani
The Hanbali shaykh ʿAbd al-Qadir al-Jilani — the ascetic preacher whose renown filled the horizons and from whose gatherings countless people benefited — died in Baghdad. To him the Qadiri order is ascribed.
Differing reports: The well-known view is that he died on 8 Rabiʿ al-Akhir 561 AH; some say the 11th of it.
📚 Source: al-Dhahabi, Siyar Aʿlam al-Nubalaʾ · Ibn Rajab, Dhayl Tabaqat al-Hanabila
Archive of events by Hijri month
88 events documented from their sources, with more added continually. On days with no event documented at their exact date, the nearest event in the same month is shown.
Muharram
1 1 1 5 10 28
Adoption of the Hijri calendar
17 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The pledge of allegiance to ʿUthman ibn ʿAffan as caliph
24 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The seizure of the Grand Mosque of Makkah
1400 AH
The Battle of Khaybar
7 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The martyrdom of al-Husayn ibn ʿAli (may Allah be pleased with them both) at Karbala
61 AH
The death of Sultan al-Zahir Baybars
676 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
Safar
4 9 10 12 13 20 21 27
The fall of Baghdad to the Mongols
656 AH
The death of the philosopher Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
595 AH
The Battle of Siffin and the raising of the Qur'ans
37 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The Expedition of al-Abwaʾ (Waddan) — the first expedition of the Prophet ﷺ
2 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The death of Imam al-Nasaʾi, author of "al-Sunan"
303 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The tragedy of Biʾr Maʿuna
4 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The death of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (al-Qanuni)
974 AH
The death of Sultan Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (Saladin)
589 AH
Rabiʿ I
1 2 4 8 12 12 12 14 18
The start of the Hijra: departure to the Cave of Thawr
1 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The fall of Granada, the last stronghold of al-Andalus
897 AH
The death of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror
886 AH
The Prophet's ﷺ arrival at Qubaʾ and the founding of the first mosque
1 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The birth of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
Year of the Elephant · ⚠️ date disputed
The death of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
11 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The death of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
241 AH
The death of Imam Malik ibn Anas
179 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The founding of the Prophet's Mosque
1 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
Rabiʿ II
Jumada I
Jumada II
3 10 11 14 22
The death of Caliph Harun al-Rashid
193 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The Battle of the Camel
36 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The Battle of the Zab and the end of the Umayyad state
132 AH
The death of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
505 AH
The death of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him)
13 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
Rajab
1 2 5 12 20 24 25 27 27 28
The Expedition of Tabuk — the Army of Hardship
9 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The Expedition of ʿAbdullah ibn Jahsh and the verse on the sacred months
2 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The Battle of Yarmuk
15 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The Battle of Zallaqa
479 AH
The death of Caliph ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAziz
101 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The death of Imam al-Nawawi
676 AH
The death of Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
261 AH
The Night Journey and the Ascension (al-Israʾ wa'l-Miʿraj)
Before the Hijra · ⚠️ date disputed
Salah al-Din's recovery of Jerusalem
583 AH
The abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate
1342 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
Shaʿban
3 9 10 15 15 23 26
The birth of al-Husayn ibn ʿAli (may Allah be pleased with them both)
4 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The Battle of Alarcos
591 AH
The ordaining of the fast of Ramadan
2 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The change of the Qibla to the Sacred Mosque
2 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The Battle of Kosovo and the martyrdom of Sultan Murad I
791 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The fall of Jerusalem to the Crusaders
492 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The death of al-Hafiz Ibn Kathir
774 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
Ramadan
2 7 10 10 17 17 20 21 25 27 28
The Battle of Shaqhab (Marj al-Suffar)
702 AH
The inauguration of al-Azhar Mosque
361 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The death of the Mother of the Believers Khadija (may Allah be pleased with her)
10 of the Prophethood · ⚠️ date disputed
The War of the Tenth of Ramadan (October 1973)
1393 AH
The Great Battle of Badr — the Day of Distinction
2 AH
The death of the Mother of the Believers ʿAʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her)
58 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The Conquest of Makkah
8 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The martyrdom of ʿAli ibn Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him)
40 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The Battle of ʿAyn Jalut
658 AH
The beginning of the revelation of the Qur'an — the Night of Decree
Before the Hijra · ⚠️ date disputed
The Battle of Guadalete and the Conquest of al-Andalus
92 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
Shawwal
1 1 5 7 8 10 11 15 16 26
The first Eid al-Fitr in Islam
2 AH
The death of Imam al-Bukhari
256 AH
The Battle of the Trench (al-Ahzab)
5 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The Battle of Uhud
3 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The Expedition of Hamraʾ al-Asad
3 AH
The Battle of Hunayn
8 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The death of Sultan Nur al-Din Zangi
569 AH
The Siege of al-Taʾif
8 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The death of Imam Abu Dawud al-Sijistani
275 AH
The death of Imam al-Tabari
310 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
Dhuʾl-Qaʿdah
1 7 11 16 20 20 21
The Compensatory ʿUmra (ʿUmrat al-Qadaʾ)
7 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The Expedition of Banu Qurayza
5 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The Treaty of Hudaybiyya and the Pledge of Ridwan
6 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The killing of Sultan Qutuz
658 AH
The Battle of Manzikert
463 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The death of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya
728 AH
The death of Ibn al-Nafis, discoverer of the pulmonary circulation
687 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
Dhuʾl-Hijjah
8 9 10 12 18 26 28
The Farewell Pilgrimage — the Day of Tarwiya
10 AH
The Farewell Sermon and the revelation of "Today I have perfected your religion"
10 AH
The first Eid al-Adha in Islam
2 AH
The Second Pledge of al-ʿAqaba
13 of the Prophethood · ⚠️ date disputed
The martyrdom of ʿUthman ibn ʿAffan (may Allah be pleased with him)
35 AH
The stabbing of the Commander of the Faithful ʿUmar ibn al-Khattab
23 AH · ⚠️ date disputed
The death of al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar al-ʿAsqalani
852 AH