RABI-UL-AWAL

[MAJID_HUSSAIN]

Rabi' al-awwal (ربيع الأول) is the third month in the Islamic calendar. During this month, muslims around the world celebrate Mawlid - the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Sunni muslims (except a minority muslims belonging to Deobandi/Wahabi faiths) believe the exact date of birth of Muhammad to have been on the twelth of this month, whereas Shi'a Muslims believe him to have been born on the dawn of the seventeenth day. The name Rabī‘ al-awwal means the first [month]/beginning of spring.