Ṣafar (Arabic: صَفَر) is the second month of the Islamic calendar. The Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, so Safar moves from year to year when compared with the Gregorian calendar, which is solar based. The word “Safar” means “whistling of the wind”. Usually the Islamic months were named according to weather conditions at the time.
1. Safar Dates for 2019 (14461 Hijri)
- Safar in 2024 will start on 5th of August 2024 and last until 3rdt of September
Dates provided based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia
Islamic Events during Safar
- 01 Safar, prisoners of Karbalā entered Yazid’s Palace in Syria
- 06 Safar, martyrdom of Sukayna bint Husayn, youngest daughter of Hussain ibn Ali and a prisoner of Karbalā
- 13 Safar, death of Sukayna bint Husayn, youngest daughter of Hussain ibn Ali and a prisoner of Karbalā
- 16 Safar, 609, the Almohads were defeated by Christian Spain at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
- 20 or 21 Safar, Arba’een or Chehlum (the 40th day after Ashura)
- 23 Safar, Birth of Muhammad al-Baqir
- 27 Safar, Migration (Hijrah) from Makkah to Madinah by Muhammad
- 28 Safar, Martyrdom of Imam Hasan ibn ‘Alī, grandson of Muhammad and 5th Caliph of Islam.
Here is a list of the 12 months of the Islamic Calender, with Name and Meaning
- Muḥarram (مُحَرَّم) Meaning: forbidden
- Ṣafar (صَفَر) Meaning: void
- Rabī‘ al-awwal (رَبيع الأوّل) Meaning: the first spring
- Rabī‘ ath-thānī (رَبيع الثاني) Meaning: the second spring
- Jumādá al-ūlá (جُمادى الأولى) Meaning: the first of parched land
- Jumādá al-ākhirah (جُمادى الآخرة) Meaning: the last of parched land
- Rajab (رَجَب) Meaning: respect, honour
- Sha‘bān (شَعْبان) Meaning: scattered
- Ramaḍān (رَمَضان) Meaning: burning heat
- Shawwāl (شَوّال) Meaning: raised
- Dhū al-Qa‘dah (ذو القعدة) Meaning: the one of truce/sitting
- Dhū al-Ḥijjah (ذو الحجة) Meaning: the one of pilgrimage